George Floyd family to sue Kanye West for saying he died of 'fentanyl'

George Floyd's family is planning to sue Kanye West over 'defamation of the dead.'

The 45-year-old rapper has hurt the sentiments of the deceased's family after saying that Floyd died from fentanyl.

Turning to his Twitter account Lee Merritt, the family's lawyer wrote: “While one cannot defame the dead, the family of #GeorgeFloyd is considering suit for Kanye’s false statements about the manner of his death."

“Claiming Floyd died from fentanyl not the brutality established criminally and civilly undermines & diminishes the Floyd family’s fight,” the attorney continued.

Floyd was killed in May 2020 when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine and a half minutes.

While the cop was convicted of second-degree murder.

“They hit him with the fentanyl,” said Kanye. “If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.”