Kanye West denies sexual misconduct allegations made by former assistant and claims he’s being extorted
A lawsuit was filed against Kanye West in October, with his former assistant Lauren Pisciotta accusing him of drugging and raping her at a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs party. On February 21st, Ye took to social media to claim her lawyers have parted ways with her and revealed the reason he “never fucked” her.
Pisciotta was Ye’s assistant between 2021 and 2022. Before their professional relationship, she claims she attended a party he co-hosted with Combs in Santa Monica. She alleges that Kanye passed her a drink and, after a few sips, “suddenly started to feel disorientated and began to slip into an altered and highly impaired state.”
The following day, she says she was “ashamed and embarrassed” because she didn’t remember the events of that night. After believing a studio assistant had drugged her, she claims Ye told her the truth about what happened before she was fired from her job in November 2022.
Now, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on February 20th, West called out people for attempting to extort him, stating that he has much more money to handle legal situations.
“FOR ANYONE WHO WVER WANTS TO TRY TO EXTORT ME YOU WILL EUN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE I DO,” he wrote. “IM ALREADY ‘HE BAD GUY’ I DONT GIVE A FUCKKK PLEASE ANYBODY ELSE PLEEEEEASE ON MY MAMA PLEEEEEEAASSEE PLEEEEAASE.”
He went on to say that Pisciotta smelt awkward and alleged that she’s had sexual relations with many basketball players. “I DONT GO ONE YEAR WITHOUT SOMEBODY TRYING THIS SHIT,” he said. “WHERE THE FUCK IS LAUREN PISCIOTA NOW THAT BITCH TRIED AND FAILED AND HER LAWYERS DROPPED HER IM WITH WHATEVEEEERRRRRR.”
He added, “YOU KNOW WHY I NEVER FUCKED LAUREN PISCIOTA CAUSE SHE SMELLT AKWARD AND HALF THE NBA CAN ATTEST TO THAT LAUREN IF YOU OUT THERE I GOT ONE PIECE OF ADVICE FREEZE YOUR EGGS CAUSE NOBODY WANTS THEM.”
When one user pointed out that he was spelling her name wrong, Ye replied, “She don’t deserve to get her name spelled right.”
Kanye addressed the lawsuit during another rant earlier this month, writing, “REAL RAPE IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME ATTRACTIVE INCOMPETENT BITCH WEARING TIGHT ASS PANTS TO WORK AND KEEPING RECEIPTS TO EXTORT THEIR BOSS SOMEDAY.”
The filing described West as “predatory, aggressive, compulsive, vulgar, perverse and frighteningly calculative.”
For help, advice or more information regarding sexual harassment, assault and rape in the UK, visit the Rape Crisis charity website. In the US, visit RAINN.
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