Ye's former assistant filed an amended lawsuit against the rapper last week, which accuses him of drug and sexual assault, trafficking others, using employment opportunities to recruit sexual partners and assigning him to distribute “honey sexual”.
The lawsuit alleges that Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, assaulted Lauren Pisciotta drugged her in a hotel room, once in a recording studio, used foreign work visas and product photo shoots to recruit potential sexual partners, “overshared” sex videos and offered sexual partners and others she described as “trafficking”. Gifts for friends and colleagues.
Civil Complaint, which Yeh initially filed a sexual harassment complaintThe amendment was filed on October 8 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
In one case, the redacted lawsuit said, Yeh texted PCCotta asking for advice about his desire to have sex with the mother of a famous model he said he knew intimately.
A representative for Yee did not immediately respond to detailed questions from NBC News about the allegations in both cases. In June, only a spokesperson, Dr. Denied the allegations in the original version of the lawsuit, but alleges that the plaintiff used sex in an unsuccessful attempt to “force employment and other material benefits” from the rapper.
Ultimately, the spokesperson said, the plaintiff “engaged in blackmail and extortion” when sexual advances did not produce the desired results. The spokesperson said at the time that Yeh planned to file a lawsuit against Pisciotta.
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The redacted version adds two alleged incidents of sexual assault, including one in 2021 at a San Francisco hotel while the plaintiff and defendant were in the city to work on an album that would become “Donda,” according to the lawsuit.
Alleges that Ye climbed into Pisciota and tried to have sex It was her voice and consistent objections that caused her to back down, the lawsuit said.
The other alleged incident occurred prior to the plaintiff's full-time employment with Operation Ye, which began in 2021. He was advising Ye in the music business and was invited to a studio session in Santa Monica, California, which, according to the lawsuit, It was attended by Sean “Diddy” Combs. Pisciotta said in the lawsuit that he knew he was drugged and that he passed out during the session. Combs' representatives did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.
Pisciotta alleged that Yeh had sex with her while she was unconscious, saying she realized this years later after he bragged in text messages that they “hooked up a little once,” according to the lawsuit.
It alleges that Yeh “used his extreme wealth, influence and power to pursue, among other things, sex, his insatiable sexual gratifications, desires and fantasies, and the sexual exploitation of his victims, including but not limited to sexual exploitation and trafficking attempts by the Applicant.” he did. , sexual assault and ongoing sexual harassment and complainant’s claims.”
NBC News has reached out to PCOTA for further comment.
The lawsuit alleges that Yee promoted other sexual partners, presenting them with job prospects and arranging for them to travel with her. Based on his Los Angeles operation, the suit said, it was “common knowledge” among some guests and employees that Ye had ordered the construction of a temporary room in his office, the suit alleges.
Additionally, it said, he used the company's bathroom and dressing room to have sex with social event attendees and women who the lawsuit claims he “trafficked with money.”
The first version of the PCOTA case identified the rapper as a workplace sexual harassment threat, alleging that he used her business and potential job prospects as coercive decoys.
It alleges that Yee sent the plaintiff sexually graphic text messages, tasked PCOTA with providing her with sexually enhanced honey, shared sex stories, sent her photos of nude women, texted her videos of a model performing oral sex on her, and He asked her to hug him. He refused numerous times, insinuated to business contacts that he had sex with the plaintiff, repeated his unrequited sexual desire for her, and masturbated several times in front of her.
Both the original and amended lawsuits allege wrongful termination, breach of contract, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, unlawful retaliation and emotional distress. The amended complaint emphasizes allegations of false imprisonment, sexual assault and emotional distress.
The remedies he seeks include compensatory damages, possibly including millions of dollars that Kanye pledged in PCOTA filings for his continued dedication to his efforts, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and any other relief approved by the court.
