Kanye West sued for sexual assault by America’s Next Top Model star

Former America’s Next Top Model finalist Jenn An has reportedly accused Kanye ‘Ye’ West of ‘pornographic gagging’ successful a caller lawsuit.

The exemplary filed the ailment successful national tribunal successful New York on Friday, detailing the incidental which took spot astatine Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel successful 2010 portion filming popular duo La Roux’s In For The Kill euphony video.

Universal Music Group, who allegedly organised the 47-year-old rapper’s cameo successful the euphony video is named arsenic a co-defendant for ‘failing to investigate’ the alleged incident.

The lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, reveals that An was dressed successful lingerie erstwhile West arrived and pointed to her, saying: ‘Give maine the Asian girl.’

He past had her beryllium successful a seat crossed from him arsenic helium ‘towered over’ her and started ‘breathing heavily’, taking implicit the absorption with small absorption and telling the camera to zoom successful connected her face.

‘On camera, suspect West began to choke plaintiff with 1 hand. He past wrapped his different manus astir her cervix and continued to strangle her with some hands,’ the suit claims.

‘He past rammed respective fingers down her throat, continuously moved them successful and out, and gagged her to emulate oral sex.’

He allegedly past screamed: ‘This is art. This is fucking art. I americium similar Picasso.’

An characterised the incidental arsenic ‘pornographic gagging/deep throat/BDSM fetishes’.

An further alleges she looked astir the country for assistance arsenic she panicked and no-one intervened.

‘Plaintiff struggled to respire and felt arsenic if she had temporarily blacked out. When suspect West decided that helium was finished with plaintiff, her look was covered successful saliva and smeared makeup,’ the suit continued.

According to An, La Roux aboriginal described the concern arsenic ‘upsetting, unsettling’ to a friend.

She has besides accused the grounds statement and different ‘high-profile figures’ of trying to ‘bury’ what happened, per TMZ.

Neither West nor An look successful the online euphony video which is disposable to ticker connected YouTube.

In a connection released by An alongside the lawsuit, she said she wanted to ‘hold the abusers accountable done the ineligible system’.

She said: ‘Women successful the euphony and amusement industries person been taxable to intersexual maltreatment for years with nary recourse to talk retired oregon instrumentality change.

‘This abstraction is simply a unsafe spot for women. We are fundamentally objects successful the amusement world. The industries person thrived connected placing america successful abusive powerfulness dynamics.

‘Outside of creating ineligible precedent, survivors of intersexual battle person nothing.’

An appeared connected rhythm 13 of America’s Next Top Model successful 2009 and tied for 3rd place.

Her lawyers, Christine Hintze, Melissa Berouty, and Jesse Weinstein, added: ‘Everyone’s dependable is important, and West cannot flight liability due to the fact that of his occurrence and notoriety.’

West and Universal Music Group are yet to respond to the lawsuit.

La Roux prima Elly Jackson has antecedently spoken retired against West aft moving with him connected his 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

In a 2020 interrogation she recalled telling a person astir the experience: ‘I was like: “Yeah, that was beauteous weird”… I said I recovered it each a spot strange. And past helium told [West], and they made maine constitute an apology email to him. It was rather creepy.’

She added that she felt compelled to talk retired arsenic she ‘saw immoderate behaviour – that wasn’t directed towards maine – that I can’t o.k. arsenic a chap quality being’ but did not supply further details, per NME.

This is not the lone ineligible occupation West has faced successful caller months.

Earlier this period helium was reportedly sued by a erstwhile worker for antisemitism and lewd conduct with woman Bianca Censori.

The caller allegations travel from erstwhile task manager Murphy Aficionado implicit an aggravated speech that took spot successful Beverly Hills edifice successful November 2022.

Per TMZ, helium is suing implicit discrimination, a hostile enactment environment, retaliation, not paying wages, and wrongful termination.

Elsewhere, West reportedly failed to look astatine a suit deposition successful Los Angeles implicit radical favoritism against a erstwhile staffer.

The ex-security defender claimed West gave ‘less favourable treatment’ to Black employees compared to their White counterparts.

He besides alleged West ‘frequently screamed astatine and berated Black employees’.

Metro has reached retired to Kanye West, La Roux and Universal Music Group for comment.

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