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Apr. 28 2023, Revealed 3:22 p.m. ET
Kanye West has demanded his ex-business supervisor return the $900k he was paid — claiming he signed an settlement with the person whereas he was sleep disadvantaged and confused from his divorce from Kim Kardashian, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, West has filed a bombshell countersuit towards Thomas. St. John.
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As RadarOnline.com first reported, final yr, St. John sued West for breach of contract and fraud.
The enterprise supervisor accused West of refusing to pay out the remaining due on his contract.
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St. John was employed by West in March 2022. The swimsuit stated the Yeezy creator agreed to pay the enterprise supervisor $300k monthly.
“By 2022, Ye’s inventive {and professional} profession took a flip for the more serious because of his numerous antics and public statements. Ye wanted steering from a revered, refined enterprise supervisor who might proper the ship and information his profession going ahead,” the swimsuit learn.
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In his swimsuit, St. John stated he negotiated an 18-month contract which said he can be paid out if he was terminated. He stated he was solely paid 3 months earlier than West abruptly fired him.
St. John stated he confronted West about his cash after being fired. The swimsuit accused the rapper of telling his enterprise supervisor, “The 18-month time period was b——” and “you’re insane for even pondering I’d follow that.”
The lawsuit demanding $4.5 million in damages.
Now, Kanye has filed a response to the lawsuit together with a countersuit towards St. John.
In his submitting, he denied all allegations of wrongdoing. He argued that the settlement signed by the events is invalid and unenforceable.
Additional, West argued that the settlement was “procured” via “constructive fraud.”
He requested that, “If the Settlement is enforceable and never voidable, Defendants’ efficiency was excused in entire or partly because of Plaintiff’s failure to carry out its contractual obligations.”
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West stated St. John’s claims are barred as a result of he “did not carry out or carried out so poorly that any future cost by [West] can be unreasonable and unfair.”
In his countersuit, West demanded the return of $900k paid to St. John. he stated the enterprise supervisor breached the deal by failing to supply the providers it promised.
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Additional, West stated St. John didn’t advise him to name his lawyer to look over the alleged contract.
Ye’s lawyer wrote, “And certainly, no one reviewed the Settlement on Ye’s behalf or suggested Ye on the Settlement’s phrases earlier than Ye signed the Settlement, which Mr. St. John knew. Actually, Mr. St. John didn’t even advise Ye on the phrases of the Settlement. As a substitute, Ye signed the Settlement on the spot.”
West’s lawyer stated on the time the musician was “within the midst of a high-profile divorce that that was incessantly lined by the media. Ye is an strange goal of paparazzi, however throughout this time, the quantity of demanding paparazzi interactions was particularly pronounced.”
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The legal professional argued that, “Because of the stress of the divorce, media protection, and paparazzi hounding, Ye was chronically sleep-deprived, confused, anxious, and below duress. In consequence, Ye didn’t learn the Settlement earlier than signing it. Mr. St. John knew of the taxing circumstances Ye discovered himself in, knew that Ye was not then in a match situation to guage a contract value $5.4 million with out recommendation of counsel, and witnessed Ye signal the Settlement with out studying it. But, Mr. St. John foisted the Settlement upon Ye, counting on the truth that he had garnered Ye’s belief.”
West has demanded the courtroom discover the deal invalid and awarded him again the cash he paid St. John.