{"id":4557,"date":"2025-05-19T06:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:27:04","slug":"katt-williams-to-pay-5-million-for-assaulting-former-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=4557","title":{"rendered":"Katt Williams to pay $5 million for assaulting former assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/are-you-an-influencer-or-are-you-influenceless-\ud83d\udc4c.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 9, the \u201cScary Movie 5\u201d star was furious and threatened his former assistant, Malissa Ishage, on November 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-680.png 400w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-680-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, things were just mild when Williams raised his hand to threaten Malissa Ishage, but then, it seemed that the incident was not over and became more serious when the comedian punched his former assistant and seriously injured her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-681.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-681.png 395w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-681-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unable to bear Williams\u2019 brutality, Ishage wrote a lawsuit against Williams and filed it in Los Angeles Superior Court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-682.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the lawsuit, Ishage also emphasized that Williams had repeatedly threatened and assaulted her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-683.png 1024w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-683-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-683-768x491.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the lawsuit, Ishage also asked Williams to pay $5 million in compensation for threatening and causing injury to others and would have to pay all hospital and medical expenses as well as litigation costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-684.png 1024w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-684-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-684-768x526.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, Katt Williams has not been arrested and he has not responded to this incident.\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-685-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4567\" 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