{"id":2269435,"date":"2026-02-06T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2269435"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:09:58","slug":"haley-kalils-first-amendment-claim-doesnt-provide-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/haley-kalils-first-amendment-claim-doesnt-provide-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Haley Kalil\u2019s First Amendment Claim Doesn&#8217;t \u2018Provide Immunity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week on <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-were-blake-livelys-texts-released-legal-expert-explains-excl\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legally Us<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Rachael Bennett, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">certified family law specialist and senior attorney for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sullivanfamilylawsandiego.com\/\">Sullivan Law &amp; Associates<\/a>, breaks down whether <strong>Haley Kalil<\/strong> has a valid argument to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-haley-kalil-asks-court-to-dismiss-ex-matt-kalils-lawsuit\/\">dismiss<\/a> her ex <strong>Matt Kalil\u2019s<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-hints-matt-kalils-size-as-1-reason-for-divorce\/\">lawsuit<\/a> against her following comments she made about his penis size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 27, Haley, 33, asked the court for the invasion of privacy and unjust enrichment lawsuit to be thrown out due to her First Amendment right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople hear \u2018First Amendment\u2019 and think it\u2019s a shield for anything you say. It\u2019s really not,\u201d Bennett, who is not affiliated with the case, exclusively tells <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Us Weekly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThe Constitution protects opinions and speech on matters of public concern, but it does not<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automatically protect broadcasting intimate details about a former spouse\u2019s anatomy to the internet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-is-heartbroken-over-matt-kalil-lawsuit-divorce-drama-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-is-heartbroken-over-matt-kalil-lawsuit-divorce-drama-explained\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Haley Kalil and Matt Kalil\u2018s Lawsuit Drama and Divorce Explained<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHaley Kalil and ex-husband Matt Kalil were on friendly terms following their 2022 divorce, but a recent viral comment from the influencer may have caused a rift between them. In November 2025, Haley declared during a livestream that the size of Matt\u2019s penis was the \u201cbiggest factor\u201d in their split. The TikToker\u2019s confession rapidly circulated [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She adds, \u201cEven if what she said is true, the question is whether those details were private, highly personal, and shared without consent. If they were, that can support an invasion of privacy claim, and truth doesn\u2019t necessarily provide her immunity here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court docs stated, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPlaintiff\u2019s Complaint seeks to hold a woman in the public eye civilly liable for providing a truthful, autobiographical account of sexual trauma she suffered and described as having led to the end of a highly publicized celebrity marriage with an NFL football star.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haley\u2019s attorney argued that allowing the case to proceed would \u201crequire this Court to radically expand state-law causes of action beyond their recognized boundaries into territory fiercely protected by the First Amendment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-hints-matt-kalils-size-as-1-reason-for-divorce\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Haley-and-Matt-Kalil-GettyImages-1330308115.jpg?crop=0px%2C131px%2C1439px%2C812px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Haley-and-Matt-Kalil-GettyImages-1330308115\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Haley-and-Matt-Kalil-GettyImages-1330308115.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-hints-matt-kalils-size-as-1-reason-for-divorce\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">NFL Alum Matt Kalil\u2018s Ex-Wife Haley Kalil Has NSFW Reason for Their Divorce<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tInfluencer Haley Kalil got especially candid about the reason she divorced former NFL star Matt Kalil, insinuating that the size of his manhood was \u201cthe biggest factor\u201d in their breakup. \u201c[This happened] our whole marriage,\u201d Haley, 33, said in a recent Twitch livestream. \u201cI was going to try it all \u2014 therapists, doctors [and I] [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haley was married to Matt, 36, from 2015 to 2022. Three years after their split, Haley spoke about her past marriage in a November 2025 livestream where she claimed that the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/haley-kalil-hints-matt-kalils-size-as-1-reason-for-divorce\/\"> size of Matt\u2019s penis<\/a> was comparable to \u201ctwo Coke [cans] stacked on top of each other\u201d or \u201cmaybe even a third,\u201d making physical intimacy \u201cimpossible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:128.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4220759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Legal Expert Explains What Could Happen in Matt Kalil\u2019s Lawsuit Against Influencer Haley Kalil\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-918532826-Legal-Expert-Explains-What-Could-Happen-in-Haley-Kalil-and-Matt-Kalil-Lawsuit.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt\u2019s lawyer Ryan Saba said in a statement to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Us<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cHaley Kalil\u2019s motion to dismiss does not dispute the fact that she wantonly disclosed private and intimate details about Matt Kalil that resulted in widespread ridicule and unwanted attention. The motion completely misses the point that a spouse does not have a right to expose private and confidential marital and sexual details for the purpose of profiting. We expect that the motion will be completely denied.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A judge has yet to make a decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-haley-kalil-calls-herself-temu-version-of-angelina-jolie\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hayley-Baylee-Calls-Herself-Temu-Version-of-Angelina-Jolie.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Hayley Baylee Calls Herself Temu Version of Angelina Jolie\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hayley-Baylee-Calls-Herself-Temu-Version-of-Angelina-Jolie.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/influencer-haley-kalil-calls-herself-temu-version-of-angelina-jolie\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Influencer Haley Kalil Calls Herself \u2018Temu Version of\u2019 Angelina Jolie<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHaley Kalil\u2019s followers think she looks like Angelina Jolie \u2014 but she doesn\u2019t quite believe it. \u201cI still don\u2019t see it, but I\u2019m grateful every single time because she is stunningly gorgeous,\u201d Kalil, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly at the 33rd annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles on Sunday, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would think both sides have strong incentives to settle and not let this go to trial,\u201d Bennett tells <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Us Weekly.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI don\u2019t think either of them would want to participate in a public trial that would force them to rehash the details of their former sex lives. They\u2019ve been divorced for about four years, he\u2019s remarried, this would just be uncomfortable for everyone. If this were to settle, I would expect that settlement agreement would include a gag order to prevent any future public disclosures by Haley.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a full Legally Us recap, watch the video above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Legally Us, Rachael Bennett, certified family law specialist and senior attorney for Sullivan Law &amp; Associates, breaks down whether Haley Kalil has a valid argument to dismiss her ex Matt Kalil\u2019s lawsuit against her following comments she made about his penis size. On January 27, Haley, 33, asked the court for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2269436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22367,24003,21942],"class_list":["post-2269435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-news","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Haley-Kalils-First-Amendment-Claim-Doesnt-\u2018Provide-Immunity.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2269437,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269435\/revisions\/2269437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}