Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by ex-assistant

Kanye Westformer assistant, Lauren Pisciottasues him for sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

We weekly confirmed that Pisciotta filed the lawsuit on Monday, June 3. TMZ first reported it. In the complaint, Pisciotta sued West, 46, for breach of contract, sexual harassment, wrongful termination and hostile work environment.

Pisciotta claimed she was hired by West while he was developing his Yeezy clothing line. The model also said she worked with the rapper on three of his tracks for his 2021 album Donda.

Before taking the job with West, Pisciotta worked as a content creator on OnlyFans, where she said she earned $1 million a year. After working with West for a year, she claimed he asked her to delete her OnlyFans account and promised to pay her $1 million a year to do so. Pisciotta said she agreed to do so.

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After Pisciotta left OnlyFans, she claimed that West began sexually harassing her via text messages and phone calls.

“My problem is that I want to fuck, but after I fuck, I want a girl to tell me how hard she got fucked while I fuck her,” one series of messages read, according to the files. “Then I want her to cheat on me.”

Pisciotta claimed that West would masturbate during their phone conversations and claimed that the musician asked her if she could hear or guess what he was doing. In addition to the explicit text messages and phone calls, she also claimed to have received sexual videos and photos showing West having sex.

While addressing West’s alleged conduct, Pisciotta said she was promoted to chief of staff of his various companies and earned a salary of $4 million. Pisciotta was fired in October 2022 but claimed she was given a $3 million severance package, which she accepted but has not received.

Us asked West for comment.

West has recently run into legal trouble. In addition to Pisciotta’s allegations, West is also facing multiple lawsuits against his school, Donda Academy, dating back to April 2023. Several teachers have alleged that the school committed numerous health and safety violations that they say West ignored.

A lawyer for West denied the allegations and asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit. “None of this is true and the allegations are a disservice to the current staff and students of Donda Academy and their parents who will testify to their positive experiences,” the lawyer said. Gregory Suhr according to court documents obtained by NBC News in June 2023.