Nice Try! Kim & Kanye Slam YouTube Founder Chad Hurley For 'Improper' Legal Wrangling As Judge Sets Trial Date

March 18 2014, Published 1:56 p.m. ET
Don't mess with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's cash. The couple sued YouTube founder Chad Hurley over claims his leaked video of their over-the-top engagement threatened their bottom line, and now they've gone all out to crush his attempt at a legal defense. Breaking Celebrity News has learned that the couple recently filed documents slamming Hurley's "improper" legal wrangling, and today a judge took their side, setting a trial date.
Hurley will face off with the power couple in court on November 17, Judge Ruth Kwan ruled today, unless they can reach a settlement before then. Given Kardashian and West's aggressive stance so far, however, that seems unlikely.
On March 14, Kardashian and West filed a motion to quash Hurley's attempt to have the case dismissed under California's anti-SLAPP statute, arguing that they "generally object to the entirety" of Hurley's argument.
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Furthermore, the court documents claimed, "it is improper for Hurley to introduce new argument and evidence for the first time" in his anti-SLAPP motion, and "violates their right to due process of the law."
"Defendants have no excuse" for the filing, Kardashian and West argued, even rai