Ye’s former assistant filed an updated lawsuit against the rapper last week, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her, trafficking others, exploiting job positions to solicit sex partners, and directing her to deliver him “sex honey.”
The lawsuit claims Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, assaulted Lauren Pisciotta in a hotel room, drugged her at a recording studio, used foreign work visas and product photo shoots to recruit potential sex partners, “overshared” video of sexual encounters, and offered sex partners and others he “trafficked” as gifts to friends and colleagues.
The legal case, which initially accused Ye of sexual harassment, was revised and submitted on October 8 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
According to the amended suit, Ye texted Pisciotta for guidance on having sex with the mother of a celebrity model he claimed to know well.
Ye’s representative did not immediately respond to NBC News’ specific inquiries regarding the claims in both lawsuits. In June, a representative not only refuted the charges in the original petition but also claimed the plaintiff used sexuality in an unsuccessful attempt “to coerce employment and other material benefits” from the artist.
The complainant “engaged in blackmail and extortion” when sexual advances did not yield the desired outcomes, according to the spokeswoman. The spokeswoman stated at the time that Ye intended to file a countersuit against Pisciotta.
New allegations
According to the petition, the modified version includes two alleged episodes of sexual battery, including one at a hotel in San Francisco in 2021, when the plaintiff and defendant were in the city to work on an album that would become “Donda,”
The suit claims Ye went on top of Pisciotta and tried to have intercourse despite her vociferous and continuous protestations, which eventually convinced him to back off.
The other alleged occurrence occurred before the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s activities, which began in 2021. She was instructing Ye on the music business when she was invited to a studio session in Santa Monica, California, which the suit claims featured the participation of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Pisciotta claims in her lawsuit that she knew she had been drugged and passed out during the session. Combs’ representatives did not immediately reply to an NBC News request for comment.
Pisciotta claimed Ye had sex with her while she was unconscious, and she discovered it years later after he boasted about it in text messages, stating they “did kind of hook up a little one time,” according to the complaint.
According to the complaint, Ye “used his extreme wealth, influence, and power to pursue, among other things, sex, his insatiable sexual gratification, desires and fantasies and sexual exploitation of his victims, including but not limited to the attempted sexual exploitation and trafficking of Plaintiff, sexual assault, and the constant sexual harassment and demands of Plaintiff.”
Pisciotta did not immediately return a request for comment.
The San Francisco and Santa Monica police agencies did not immediately reply to inquiries about the alleged occurrences.
According to the lawsuit, Ye allegedly recruited other sex partners by dangling the prospect of employment in front of them and arranging for them to travel with him. The suit claimed that at his base of operations in Los Angeles, it “was commonly known” by some guests and workers that Ye ordered the construction of a makeshift bedroom inside his offices.
Additionally, it stated that Ye used business restrooms and changing rooms for sex with social event participants and women whom the suit claims he “paid and trafficked.”
Pisciotta’s initial lawsuit described the rapper as a sexual harassment threat in the workplace, claiming he utilized his enterprises and the chance of future employment as coercive enticement.
It was claimed that Ye sent the plaintiff sexually graphic text messages, tasked Pisciotta with delivering him sexual enhancement honey, overshared sexual encounter stories, sent her photos of naked women, texted her a video of a model performing oral sex on him, asked her for hugs after she declined numerous times, insinuated to business contacts that he had sex with the plaintiff, repeated his unrequited sexual desire for her, and masturbated in front of her multiple times.
Both the original and revised filings allege wrongful termination, breach of contract, sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, unlawful retribution, and emotional distress. The updated complaint also alleged false confinement, sexual battery, and emotional distress.
Among the remedies sought are compensation, which is expected to include millions of dollars promised by Ye to Pisciotta in the petition for her continued dedication to his activities, punitive damages, attorney’s costs, and any other remedy granted by the court.
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