“Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris and his sister will continue litigating her lawsuit in which she alleges he breached an anti-disparagement agreement in 2022 by calling her a “no-talent hack.”
A settlement of Colette Barris’ Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit had been announced Dec. 5 during a scheduled trial-setting conference before Judge Peter Hernandez. But the attorneys told the judge during a Monday status conference that the case was not resolved after all and that Colette Barris plans to file an amended suit.
Hernandez scheduled a July 24 case management conference.
Kenya Barris, 51, is a film and television writer, producer, director and actor. Colette Barris has been a teacher for more than three decades at Los Angeles Unified high schools and middle schools.
In December 2020, Kenya Barris sought a domestic violence restraining order against the plaintiff, alleging that she had abused his children, Colette Barris’ court papers state.
Two months later, the siblings reached an agreement for Kenya Barris to drop his restraining order request and he promised not to disparage her in the future, but he broke that commitment in June 2022 by making unflattering comments about his sister to a third party by stating that his sibling is a “no-talent hack,” according to her suit filed in December 2022.
Kenya Barris is represented by a law firm that consists of attorney Bryan Freedman, whose clients also include Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson and the Mendendez brothers.