Kanye West dismisses sexual harassment allegations towards him as “baseless”, declares plans to countersue for “sexual coercion”
Kanye West has dismissed the sexual harassment lawsuit filed towards him by his former assistant as “baseless”.
Lauren Pisciotta filed the lawsuit towards the rapper yesterday (June 4), claiming he created a hostile work atmosphere as a result of a number of inappropriate textual content messages he despatched her throughout her employment. She additionally accused West of locking her in a room with him and masturbating subsequent to her, amongst different cases of alleged sexual harassment.
Now, West has responded to the claims in an announcement made to Rolling Stone through his authorized consultant. His consultant has referred to as Pisciotta’s accusations “baseless”. West apparently has plans to countersue Pisciotta, in keeping with the publication.
“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,” the assertion continued, additional claiming that Pisciotta provided West intercourse on his birthday and sending him “unsolicited nude photos.”
The assertion additionally alleged it was “properly documented” that Pisciotta used “sexual coercion” to demand “not solely cash by materials objects”, akin to a Hermes Himalayan Diamond Birkin bag, a Lamborghini, and cosmetic surgery.
The consultant additionally claimed Pisciotta engaged in “blackmail and extortion” after West denied her sexual advances, apparently demanding $60million from the rapper final 12 months. The consultant lastly accused Pisciotta of fabricating her allegations to realize media consideration.
Pisciotta didn’t instantly reply to Rolling Stone‘s request for remark, however she shared an Instagram story yesterday that apparently learn: “Your soul turns into aligned with freedom whenever you permit others the freedom to dislike you, decide you and disagree with you.”
The lawsuit from Pisciotta is the most recent in a wave of allegations towards the musician from former workers. In April, he was accused of racial discrimination from a former safety guard.
Benjamin Deshon Provo claimed Black workers obtained “much less beneficial therapy than their White counterparts” below West, and likewise claimed West fired him after he refused to shave off his dreadlocks. NME has reached out to Ye’s representatives for remark.
In the meantime, a former Yeezy and Donda Academy worker claimed the rapper threatened to “cage” college students on the short-lived faculty. The lawsuit – filed by Trevor Phillips in April as properly – accused West of quite a few explosive allegations together with verbal abuse, threatening bodily violence and evaluating himself to Hitler.
Representatives for Ye and attorneys for Donda Academy haven’t but publicly responded to requests for remark.
In different information, Kanye West and Milo Yiannopoulos have parted methods over Yeezy Porn.