Kanye West Accused of Drugging and Sexual Assault at Diddy Studio Session.
Kanye West’s ex-assistant has filed a lawsuit, claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted her throughout a studio session that he co-hosted with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Lauren Pisciotta, who was employed by West from 2021 to 2022, states in a revised grievance in response to California court docket paperwork that West engaged in “sexual battery” after giving her a drink that was tampered with.
Her allegations are a part of a previous wrongful termination lawsuit in opposition to West, the place she asserted that she endured express messages, pornographic photos, movies, and cellphone calls from him earlier than her dismissal. Pisciotta began her position with West in July 2021, helping together with his Yeezy girls’s vogue line and collaborating on his 2021 album, Donda.
A lawyer for West has beforehand refuted Pisciotta’s different claims from her preliminary grievance filed in June 2024, and talked about that “Ye plans to take authorized motion in opposition to Ms. Pisciotta.”
In line with the amended grievance and filed on October 8 in Los Angeles County Courtroom, Pisciotta claims that previous to her employment with West, the rapper and producer invited her to a studio session in Santa Monica, California. Throughout this session, “drinks have been served to others current, adopted by a declaration that everybody wanted to drink in the event that they wished to stay.”
The lawsuit states that the studio session was co-hosted by West and Combs, and Pisciotta attended with a “former artist administration consumer.” Whereas Combs is talked about within the amended grievance as a co-host of the occasion, Pisciotta isn’t at the moment accusing the previous music mogul—who’s now incarcerated awaiting trial for intercourse trafficking and racketeering—of any misconduct.
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The submitting alleges that Pisciotta’s drink — allegedly served to her by a studio assistant on the request of West — was “laced with an unidentifiable drug,” earlier than she felt disoriented after “a number of small sips.”
“As plaintiff started to slide into an altered and closely impaired state, she felt much less in charge of her physique and speech, and that’s the place plaintiff’s reminiscences of that evening escape her,” the grievance reads.
Pisciotta reported that the following day she awakened feeling “bodily sick and confused,” experiencing “immense embarrassment” for not with the ability to keep in mind what transpired after she had the drink, as acknowledged within the submitting. For years, West’s former assistant believed she had been drugged and embarrassed herself at a piece occasion.
A lot later, after West employed Pisciotta as an assistant and Chief of Employees, in addition to for A&R duties, she claims the rapper talked about that evening for the primary time. Throughout their dialogue, West allegedly mentioned they “did sort of hook up a bit one time,” referring to the incident that occurred within the Santa Monica studio the place the alleged assault occurred. When Pisciotta talked about to West that she had no recollection of the studio session, West reportedly laughed and remarked that “girls like to say they do not keep in mind,” in response to the grievance.
“Up till that very level, proper earlier than that very dialog, Plaintiff was unaware that she had been subjected to gender violence and sexual battery on that studio evening by KANYE WEST a.ok.a YE,” the doc reads.
In line with the amended grievance, Pisciotta allegedly felt “overcome with immense disgrace, discomfort and utter disgust.”
Within the grievance, Pisciotta claimed that in July 2021, throughout an “album workshop” on the St. Regis Resort in San Francisco, West aggressively knocked on her lodge room door at 6 a.m., waking her up. He then pressured his approach into her room, stating he wanted to make use of her bathe as a result of his was damaged. Pisciotta additional alleged that West later approached her, dropped his towel, and tried to thrust his bare physique and penis in the direction of her face, disregarding her requests for him to cease. In line with the grievance, West rapidly left after saying “sorry” and continued together with his day as if nothing had occurred.
The grievance states that Pisciotta, who has accused West of sending her inappropriate messages and terminating her from her Chief of Employees position only a month after her promotion in September 2022, “couldn’t bear the considered working for the person who had sexually assaulted her whereas she was beneath the affect, and who then efficiently drew her again into his sphere with a job supply, solely to assault her once more.”
Moreover, West is coping with one other lawsuit that was filed in April 2024 by a former worker who alleged he skilled “extreme discrimination [and] harassment” throughout his time at Yeezy and Donda Academy. This week, one other ex-staffer additionally initiated authorized motion, claiming emotional misery, retaliation, and violations of labor legal guidelines.
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