Judge: Case involving Kardashian-West marriage proposal can proceed against tech entrepreneur

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FILE - In this May 6, 2013 file photo, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art\'s Costume Institute benefit celebrating "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" in New York. A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday March 18, 2014, rejected a motion to dismiss a case filed by Kardashian and West against Chad Hurley, the co-founder of YouTube who posted video of their engagement on his new video-sharing website. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kim Kardashian and Kanye West against the co-founder of YouTube over the posting of footage of their marriage proposal on another website.

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected a dismissal motion that contended the suit violated the free speech rights of tech entrepreneur Chad Hurley.

Kardashian and West sued Hurley in October after he posted the footage on his new video-sharing site MixBit.

Hurley said the suit should be dismissed because he posted the video after seeing online photos and congratulatory notes from celebrities.

The couple’s lawyers say Hurley signed a confidentiality agreement saying he would not post video or images of the lavish engagement last year.

The proposal was filmed for Kardashian’s reality show.

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