Kanye West Sued for Sexual Harassment By Ex-Assistant Lauren Pisciotta
Kanye West is facing different ineligible battle.
This time, from an alleged erstwhile worker who is accusing the rap creator of tasking him with launching an enquiry of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian's family.
In a retaliation suit filed successful a Los Angeles tribunal Oct. 10 and obtained by E! News, the plaintiff—identified arsenic John Joe—states that portion moving arsenic the rapper's "director of intelligence," his duties included "investigating the Kardashian household and expected assorted transgression links Ye believed they had with transgression enterprises, including alleged enactment trafficking."
E! News has reached retired for remark from reps for Kanye and the Kardashian-Jenner household and has not heard back.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff, who is identified arsenic John Doe, states that the rap creator hired him successful precocious 2022 and that helium was made to behaviour investigations, "including those involving attorneys and parties that person filed suit" against Kanye.
"Doe" alleges that successful summation to being tasked to analyse the Kardashian-Jenners, the euphony shaper besides had him "hire backstage investigators to travel and 'tail' his current wife, Bianca Censori, erstwhile she was travelling unsocial to sojourn household successful Australia, without Ms. Censori’s knowledge."
Kanye has been joined to Bianca since December 2022. The 2 wed little than 2 months aft helium finalized his divorcement from Kim, with whom helium shares kids North West, 11, Saint West, 8, Chicago West, 6, and Psalm West, 5.
"Doe" besides alleges successful his suit that this past May, helium received a telephone from an worker of Donda Academy—a backstage schoolhouse Kanye founded successful 2021 and which closed successful June, according to public records—informing him that "abuse of children had occurred astatine Donda and that supposedly thing was done to close oregon study the problem."
The antheral said helium "immediately informed the remaining Yeezy enactment of the study astir the Donda student(s)," and that aboriginal that day, Kanye himself called him "to yell, curse and threaten" him with "great bodily injury, including death," if helium repeated the information.
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"Doe" alleges that the rapper told him, "You’re f--king dormant to me!" and besides played a "recording of scary voices that were threatening to harm" him. He added that successful the adjacent fewer days and weeks, helium besides received threats from Kanye's associates.
"Doe" states successful his suit that arsenic a effect of his "lawful reports of violations of law" and "his refusal to prosecute successful unethical activities," Kanye retaliated against him "through a run of threats, intimidation, and harassment," which caused him "severe affectional distress and exacerbated his PTSD" that helium suffers from arsenic a subject veteran, "resulting successful some affectional and fiscal harm."
The plaintiff adds that helium is inactive owed wages for enactment done connected Kanye's behalf. He is seeking punitive and different damages relating to nonaccomplishment of net and a assemblage trial.
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