Kanye West is being sued by one other ex-Donda worker.
Apr. 2 2024, Printed 1:04 p.m. ET
Kanye West has been hit with one other lawsuit — this time, by an ex-staffer, who accused the rapper of berating Black workers at his Donda Academy, gushing over Hitler, and trash-talking the Jewish neighborhood throughout personal conferences.
The go well with obtained by RadarOnline.com was filed by a person named Trevor Phillips, who stated he was employed in November 2022 for a place at Yeezy; nonetheless, he later discovered he’d be positioned on a crew known as the “Vertically Built-in Crew” with 4 others, and their duties can be at Donda.
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Trevor Phillips claimed Kanye “handled the black employees significantly worse than white workers.”
“From the beginning of Phillips’ tenure working at Yeezy and Donda, it was instantly obvious to him, and others, that Kanye handled the black employees significantly worse than white workers. Even when class was in session, Kanye would scream and berate black workers, whereas by no means at the same time as a lot elevating his tone on the white employees. Typically, Kanye focused Phillips — a black man — not simply with this disparate and harassing conduct, however full and utter disdain,” Phillips alleged within the lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
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The paperwork additionally acknowledged that “on a number of events, Phillips additionally witnessed Kanye (1) spew forth hate (2) profess antisemitic tropes and lies, (3) threaten the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, and even (4) on one event, nearly sexually stimulate himself.”
Phillips claimed he started pushing again “in opposition to Kanye’s bigotry,” which he stated made him “a good larger goal.”
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A faculty believed to be a Donda Academy in Simi Valley.
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“In return, Kanye responded mercilessly, with incessant harassment, humiliation, and makes an attempt to each mentally management, and destroy Phillips,” the go well with claimed. The ex-staffer gave examples of Kanye’s alleged conduct, claiming he was subjected to a “vulgar lashing in entrance of schoolchildren and their dad and mom.” He additionally claimed the rapper allegedly “threatened” him “with bodily violence.”
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In line with Phillips, Kanye’s Black workers weren’t the one race he allegedly focused. He claimed the star unfold antisemitism in conferences at Donda by allegedly preaching to his employees that “the Jews are out to get me” and “the Jews are stealing all my cash.” Throughout a dinner at Nobu in December 2022, Phillips claimed that Kanye went off on a Hitler rant and declared the Holocaust was “pretend.”
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The ex-staffer stated Kanye tried to “destroy” him after he started talking up.
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Phillips stated that in Kanye’s alleged tirade, the Yeezy boss acknowledged issues like: “HITLER WAS A GOOD PERSON,” and “Jewish individuals are BAD, and so they run America. And Chinese language folks run THEM.”
He additionally claimed that Kanye accused Jews of being “part of human intercourse trafficking,” claiming they “are out to get ME.”
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Kanye allegedly ranted, “The Jews are working with Adidas to freeze up my cash to try to make me broke! The jews cannot cease me. Adidas cannot cease me. I WILL BE THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD,” referencing the fallout between Yeezy and the German attire big after the rapper’s “Dying Con 3” remark and outbursts that adopted.
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The lawsuit claimed that Kanye advised his employees that the Holocaust was pretend.
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In line with Phillips, he was requested to work 60-80 hours per work and promised $100 per hour — however was paid considerably much less. He stated Kanye fired him by way of textual content in Could 2023 after allegedly bodily threatening and berating him round college students and oldsters.
Philips is suing Kanye, Donda Academy Integrated, and Yeezy LLC for a hostile work setting, retaliation, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional misery. He needs a jury trial, citing the quantity he is demanding exceeds $35k.
RadarOnline.com has reached out to Kanye’s crew for remark.