Kanye “Ye” West is being sued by his former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta, for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her throughout a studio session that he co-hosted with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In June, Pisciotta, who was the 47-year-old rapper’s private assistant from 2021 to 2022, sued West for sexual harassment, breach of contract and wrongful termination. Pisciotta made the brand new claims within the 86-page amended lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday and obtained by Fox Information Digital.Â
The courtroom paperwork said that Pisciotta and her former artist administration shopper, who was not named within the lawsuit, have been invited by West to attend a studio session in Santa Monica, California that the Grammy Award winner was internet hosting alongside Combs. Pisciotta didn’t accuse Combs of any wrongdoing within the lawsuit.
A consultant for West didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. Combs’ consultant declined to remark.
In accordance with the lawsuit, shortly after Pisciotta arrived on the studio session, “drinks have been served to her and others in attendance, adopted by an announcement that everyone needed to drink, in the event that they wished to remain.”
Kanye “Ye” West has been sued by his former assistant for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her. (Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Photos)
“Unbeknownst to Plaintiff, the drink she was served was laced with an unidentified drug,” the paperwork alleged. “After a couple of small sips of the beverage poured on the route of Kanye West a.okay.a Ye by a studio assistant after which served to her by Kanye West a.okay.a Ye, Plaintiff instantly began to really feel disoriented.”
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“As Plaintiff started to slide into an altered and closely impaired state, she felt much less in command of her physique and speech,” the lawsuit added.
In accordance with the lawsuit, Pisciotta claimed she wakened feeling “bodily ailing and confused” with no reminiscence of the night time after she started sipping the drink. The courtroom papers said that Pisciotta “felt immense disgrace and embarrassment” and her shopper would not focus on what happened on the session since she was “too traumatized and disturbed to discuss that night time.”
The paperwork said that Pisciotta “couldn’t recall and was actually not conscious that any type of sexual assault had occurred to her or her former shopper.”Â
Per the lawsuit, Pisciotta was conscious that she had been drugged, however she “naively believed the studio assistant or another person who helped put together the varied bottles and juices in carafes that have been arrange within the studio earlier than she arrived was liable for drugging her.”
Lauren Pisciotta claimed that the alleged incident happened at a studio session hosted by West and Sean “Diddy” Combs. (Â Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Pisciotta assumed that she had embarrassed herself or her shopper after she “received drunk in a enterprise setting” and that was the rationale that her shopper refused to discuss that night time.
“Plaintiff selected in charge herself and transfer ahead quite than attending to the underside of who had drugged her and what, if something, occurred to her that night time,” the paperwork said.Â
Pisciotta claimed that whereas she was working with West once more “a lot later,” the rapper introduced up the studio session in query, in accordance with the lawsuit.Â
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The courtroom papers said that West advised Pisciotta that they “‘did type of hook up slightly one time,'” after which instantly proceeded to reminisce in regards to the time he was referring to, the night time on the Santa Monica, California music studio the place he ‘attached’ with Plaintiff after she had been drugged.”
Pisciotta claimed that she was “in full and utter shock” and advised West she had no reminiscence of that night time after taking sips from the drink he gave her. She alleged within the paperwork that West “laughed and proudly” advised her that “girls like to say they do not keep in mind” earlier than he modified the topic.
“Nonetheless to that day, up till that dialog and revelations of true details and actions taken that night time, Plaintiff didn’t know or assume she was sexually assaulted that night time, as Plaintiff solely thought she was roofied by a studio assistant, doubtless embarrassed herself after which totally took the blame for accepting a drink within the first place,” the lawsuit said.Â
Pisciotta claimed that she had no reminiscence of that night time after taking sips from a drink that West gave her. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
“Though wildly devastating and uncomfortable to be taught what occurred to Plaintiff the night time she was drugged and assaulted, she appreciates that dialog as a result of it led to the reality being revealed,” the courtroom papers added.
Per the lawsuit, Pisciotta felt “disgusted and numb” and wished to instantly give up working for West however she “knew she needed to be extraordinarily cautious about the best way during which she distanced herself.”
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“She vowed to quickly preserve her emotions and accusations to herself, solely till after she was paid her wage and lift that was due and owed to her by Kanye West a.okay.a Ye in order that she may then safely and quietly disappear with the cushion of the cash she was owed in order that she may search assist and start to heal,” the paperwork said.
Pisciotta claimed that if she got here ahead together with her accusations, she believed she could be “instantly silenced, blacklisted, retaliated towards” by the “Runaway” singer, along with not being paid her wage and lift.
Per the courtroom paperwork, West terminated Pisciotta’s employment in October 2022 and didn’t pay her the $3 million in severance that he allegedly owed her.
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West’s attorneys beforehand denied Pisciotta’s allegations that she made when she initially filed her lawsuit in June. (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)
When Pisciotta initially filed her lawsuit in June, she alleged that West despatched her sexually specific textual content messages, together with pornographic images and movies, and sexually harassed her on a number of events. She additionally claimed that he would masturbate whereas he was on the telephone together with her.Â
On Sept. 16, Combs was arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy; intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion; and transportation to interact in prostitution. He faces a minimal of 15 years behind bars and a most sentence of life in jail if discovered responsible. The rapper entered a not responsible plea hours after an indictment was unsealed detailing his alleged intercourse crimes.
In a June assertion to Web page Six after Pisciotta initially filed her lawsuit, West’s attorneys slammed the previous assistant’s allegations as “baseless.” The assertion claimed that Pisciotta made sexual advances to West “to coerce employment and different materials advantages” and accused her of blackmailing the rapper after he rejected her overtures.Â
West’s attorneys said on the time that the singer could be taking authorized motion towards Pisciotta.
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When you or somebody you recognize has been sexually assaulted, please contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org
