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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0807-kardashians-lawsuit\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/08/07/0807-kardashians-lawsuit-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kim Kardashian&lt;/strong&gt;'s ex-stepmom &lt;strong&gt;Ellen Kardashian&lt;/strong&gt; has just sued &lt;strong&gt;Kris Jenner&lt;/strong&gt; and the Kardashian sisters for defamation, claiming the K-fam is on a mission to make her look like a bitter gold digger -- when they're the ones who should be ashamed of themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen filed the suit against Kris, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Rob, and even Ryan Seacrest Productions -- insisting the girls and \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" producers attempted to ensnare her in a recent plot line on the show, involving a private investigator attempting to hawk damaging information about the Kardashians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the lawsuit, the investigator attempted to sell the information to Ellen -- in order to make her look like some kind of black mailing scumbag -- but Ellen refused to take the bait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen says the Kardashians trashed her on the show anyway, making up lies about her to fit their anti-Ellen agenda, such as accusing Ellen of marrying Kim's dad Robert Kardashian for his money -- and Ellen's lawsuit gets downright nasty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen -- who was married to Robert Kardashian before he died -- calls Kris Jenner a \"manipulative and devious mother and ex-wife who simply used and exploited her children.\" She also calls the family's careers meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI, the feud between Ellen and the Kardashians has been raging for years ... it's nothing new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellen is suing for unspecified damages. Calls to the Kardashians weren't returned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/12/29/4246-kardashian-family/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0405_kardashian_family_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/05/0405-kardashian-family-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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