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Kanye West sued over sexual harassment claim [1]

['Rob Beschizza']

Date: 2024-06-04  

Kanye West, bigoted rap star, stern schoolmaster, incipient porn lord and architect of Adidas's final shoelution, is being sued for his behavior. A former staffer, Lauren Pisciotta, claims he harassed her with lewd texts and performed sex acts while talking to her on the phone. She was promised $3 million to keep schtum but was never paid it, so off they go to court.

According to the documents, Pisciotta was primarily supporting herself via an OnlyFans profile in 2021 when she met West. … West subsequently hired Pisciotta as his personal assistant, with an annual salary of $1 million (£780,000), on the condition that she was available "24-7". She says she agreed to the terms. According to her lawsuit, West was initially comfortable with her continuing her OnlyFans business. However, in 2022, he allegedly stated that he wanted Pisciotta to be "God like" and asked her to delete her account in exchange for a further $1 million. After she closed the account, she claims she was bombarded with explicit text messages from West, including pornographic videos. Pisciotta also claims he masturbated while talking to her on the phone and that, on one occasion, he pleasured himself in front of her after "trapping" her in a private room on his plane.

"This is," the BBC intones, "not the first time the rapper has been accused of lewd behaviour," referring to a recent feature in Rolling Stone among other reports.

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