KANYE WEST ASSISTANT ALLEGES RAPE
A former employee of the musician and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West has accused the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a party he hosted alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs. The former employee, Lauren Pisciotta, served as an assistant for the musician between 2021 and 2022 and alleged that the incident occurred years prior at an unspecified date.
In an amended lawsuit filed on October 8 in a Los Angeles court, Pisciotta alleges that she was invited to a gathering at a Santa Monica recording studio co-hosted with Combs, alongside a female music artist she was working with at the time. At the studio, guests were told that they had to drink the beverages being served or they would have to leave. Pisciotta says she soon began to feel "physically ill and confused" after taking a drink at the party and woke up the following day in an impaired state.
The former assistant, who sued West in June for wrongful termination and other instances of sexual assault, added in the amended complaint that she only became aware of the alleged assault in Santa Monica years later, once she was working for West, who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021.
Pisciotta also accuses West of failing to pay her an alleged salary of $4 million, engaging in sex trafficking, repeatedly badgering her for intercourse, and offering her as a sexual "gift" to an associate. She claims that she felt unable to speak out against West due to fear and anxiety.
In response to the initial June suit, representatives for Ye accused Pisciotta of blackmail and claimed she was terminated for being unqualified for the position and demanding unreasonable sums of money. They also accused her of "lascivious, unhinged conduct."
Sean "Diddy" Combs, who co-hosted the party in question, is facing unrelated sex trafficking charges and has strongly denied all of the allegations against him.
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