Kevin Hart’s attorney says in new court papers that she will ask a judge to determine without a jury that a former personal assistant to the comedian breached a contract by remarks she made during an online interview in alleged violation of an agreement.
Lawyer Stacey Knox filed a sworn declaration on Wednesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly J. Fujie stating that there “no disputed issues of material fact” regarding Hart’s allegations that Miesha Shakes and her former boss were parties to a non-disclosure agreement that Shakes allegedly breached by participating in an the interview.
Knox further says that Hart will seek compensation for his attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses regarding the non-disclosure agreement.
Hart’s suit, originally filed in December 2023 and amended a month later, involves a social media conversation between Shakes and Latasha Transrina Kebe, who also is known as Tasha K. Hart previously settled the part of the case with Kebe and no terms were divulged.
In their court papers, Knox and the 46-year-old Hart’s other attorneys maintain their client and his company, K. Hart Enterprises Inc., suffered “irreparable harm from the continued publication and broadcasting of the interview and related content, which includes defamatory statements, including false statements regarding Hart’s supposed criminal conduct, which are damaging to his reputation and thereby to his livelihood as a performer.”
No date has been set for trial of the remainder of Hart’s claims against Shakes, which include defamation and invasion of privacy.