What was your point, sir?
Posted on 05/05/2023 1:30:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A software developer who worked with Kim Kardashian on her lucrative 'Kimoji' app claims he's been left financially ruined and is living out of his car.
David Liebensohn, 43, and two colleagues invented the Kardashian-themed emoji range, which resulted in thousands of downloads a second and the app supposedly generating $1million a minute.
But they didn't see a cent after their deal fell apart after what he claims were misunderstandings and Kim and her no-nonsense lawyer Marty Singer gave them little option but to walk away from developing Kimoji, losing out on a fortune.
Liebensohn sued Kim for $300million in 2019 claiming she stole his idea, ran away with the trademark, telling DailyMail.com: 'If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want everyone to know the truth about the Kardashians.
'I refuse to be gagged.'
But Kardashian's team says that Liebensohn willingly signed away all rights to the app, giving Kim 'unfettered' ownership of Kimoji, and noted that his claims against her were rejected by an LA Superior Court judge.
Liebensohn and his colleagues had initially agreed on a deal with Kardashian's team for a profit-share on Kimoji and an anti-cyber bullying app they'd created called CensorGram, which Kim was eager to be the face of before the deal went south.
Kim's ex husband Kanye West even rapped about the success of the app in his 2015 song Facts: 'Kimoji just shut down the app store! And we made a million a minute, we made a million a minute!'
Liebensohn says he was forced to withdraw his $300million lawsuit as his legal fees spiraled out of control, along with the rest of his life.
He lost his home, his $2million business and his family, he told DailyMail.com. He now lives in his 2011 Toyota Prius to save on rent
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He should have Trademarked it before ever having contact with her.
Perhaps the problem here is that you don’t personally know anyone whose situation and individual example objectively disproves your global theory.
Wasn’t the Kardashian father a lawyer cash is thicker than deals.
I wonder what he was doing for a living before all this happened. Did he quit his job or something? So many questions.
Of course he “willingly signed away” his rights to the project so he could go live in his car! Why would he want to take a single penny away from those deserving Kardashians?
... and a monthly income 3X the rent.
The Kardashians are a blight. They show up at Yahoo main page every day and at The Daily Mail in England.
Her father was one of OJ’s lawyers.
Trusting her was a mistake.
I didn't suggest you were saying those things generated income. I only pointed out that apartments today require your monthly income to be 3X the rent.
Rent is outrageous today, and in California, where this man is staying, housing costs are even higher.
Yes, some people lose everything to addiction. But, this man hints that he's homeless by choice to bring attention to his story. It sounds like he moved to California from a state with a lower cost of living.
Regardless, anyone can lose everything in a flash. A lifetime of hard work can go quickly (even without substance abuse or mental illness). This guy claims he put his life savings into the patent and lost money in legal fees, and he lost his business and his house. It can happen.
Look up “unbanked”.
Learn something.
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