West’s authorized staff accused the 35-year-old of blackmailing the rapper.
American rapper Kanye West, often known as Ye, and his Yeezy sneaker enterprise have been sued for sexual harassment, wrongful termination and breach of contract by a former assistant of the celeb, as per a report within the Guardian. She says she was purposely prompted psychological struggling and is now owed $3 million as compensation for breach of contract and hostile work atmosphere.
Lauren Pisciotta mentioned she misplaced her job in 2022 after she didn’t obtain the $4 million bonus she had been promised for turning into West’s “chief of employees.” As well as, she claims {that a} multimillion-dollar severance fee was by no means made. In keeping with Ms Pisciotta’s submitting, she started collaborating with the rapper in July 2021, when he was preparing for the launch of his Yeezy trend line and was supplied $1 million. She agreed to the only requirement, which was to make herself accessible seven days every week, 24 hours a day, as per Web page Six.
The 35-year-old mentioned in her lawsuit that she was additionally incomes an additional $1 million from OnlyFans up till 2022 when West requested that she cease utilizing the platform and turn out to be extra “God Like.” He allegedly elevated the mannequin’s wage to $2 million a yr in trade, making up for the decreased revenue. Nevertheless, he by no means made changes to her wage.
In keeping with the previous assistant, West masturbated in entrance of her on a flight to Paris and she or he subsequently obtained express messages from him. In keeping with the submitting, the rapper allegedly wrote, “See my drawback is I be desirous to f*** however then after I f*** I need a woman to inform me how onerous they been f***** whereas I am f****** them. Then I need her to cheat on me.”
She claimed that West ordered her to ship him a sexual enhancement “honey” earlier than his sexual encounters, was “fixated on the penis measurement” of her companions, and despatched clips of himself having intercourse with a mannequin. In one other incident, he allegedly locked them in a room collectively and masturbated subsequent to her earlier than falling asleep. She additional alleged that he obtained livid when she refused any advances to “date or have intercourse” with him.
In the meantime, West’s authorized staff accused the 35-year-old of blackmailing the rapper and slammed her grievance as “baseless” in an announcement despatched to Web page Six on Tuesday. “In response to those baseless allegations, Ye can be submitting a lawsuit towards Ms Pisciotta, who actively pursued him sexually to coerce employment and different materials advantages, then engaged in blackmail and extortion when her advances have been rejected. Earlier than her termination as an assistant, Ms. Pisciotta stole his cellphone in an try and destroy telephone information that will contradict her claims, all of which have been preserved,” the assertion mentioned.
“She was terminated for being unqualified, demanding unreasonable sums of cash (together with a $4 million annual wage) and quite a few documented incidents of her lascivious, unhinged conduct,” it added.
West’s staff additional contended that Pisciotta “supplied Ye intercourse on his birthday to which he declined, despatched Ye unsolicited nude pictures, sexual narratives and was seen twerking within the workplace throughout enterprise hours. “Pisciotta supplied Ye intercourse on his birthday, to which he declined, despatched Ye unsolicited nude pictures, sexual narratives, and was seen twerking within the workplace throughout enterprise hours,” in accordance with an announcement made by West’s authorized staff.
Moreover, they referenced an incident by which Pisciotta spoke of being “ejaculated on by a soccer participant whereas concurrently texting her boss.”
Ye’s staff additionally accused her of “utilizing sexual coercion” to acquire extra compensation and advantages, together with cash for cosmetic surgery, a Lamborghini, and Hermes Birkin purses.
“Upon having her advances rebuked, Pisciotta’s blackmail calls for have gone from $60 million final yr to $50 million in final week’s frivolous submitting,” the attorneys said including that her “habits is solely inconsistent with somebody who claims to have been sexually harassed or skilled a hostile work atmosphere.”