Kanye West says he’ll counter-sue his former assistant, after she filed courtroom paperwork accusing him of sexual harassment and breach of contract.
In her lawsuit, Lauren Pisciotta alleged the star despatched her vulgar texts and carried out intercourse acts whereas on the telephone together with her.
West’s authorized consultant has now known as these accusations “baseless” and accused Pisciotta of participating in “blackmail and extortion” after the star rejected her sexual advances.
“In response to those baseless allegations, Ye can be submitting a lawsuit in opposition to Ms. Pisciotta,” they added, utilizing the rapper’s present most well-liked title.
Pisciotta is believed to have labored for West from 2021 to 2022, initially on his trend line earlier than changing into his private assistant on a wage of $1m (£780,000) per yr.
She has alleged that, throughout her employment, the star bombarded her with specific textual content, a few of which included pornographic movies.
Pisciotta additionally claimed that he masturbated whereas speaking to her on the telephone and that, on one event, pleasured himself in entrance of her after “trapping” her in a non-public room on his aircraft.
In her lawsuit, the previous OnlyFans mannequin stated she was abruptly fired in 2022, and by no means acquired her promised severance bundle.
West’s lawyer challenged the story, saying that Pisciotta “was terminated for being unqualified” and “demanding unreasonable sums of cash”, together with an annual wage of $4m (£3.13m).
Additionally they accused Pisciotta of “lascivious, unhinged conduct”, claiming that she “persistently used sexual coercion” to demand cash and materials gadgets, together with designer purses and a Lamborghini automotive.
The assertion additional alleged that, after West rejected her advances, Pisciotta tried to blackmail him for $60m (£47m).
The BBC contacted Ms Pisciotta to request a response, however she didn’t instantly reply.
On Tuesday, she posted a message to her Instagram story that learn: “Your soul turns into aligned with freedom if you enable others the freedom to dislike you, decide you and disagree with you.”
