The group of youngsters taking authorized motion in opposition to Kanye West for fostering an allegedly hostile work setting are reportedly searching for tens of millions in damages. Based on court docket paperwork obtained by In Contact, the 4 minor kids, together with grownup plaintiffs, Shemar Dacosta, Pholoso Mofokeng, Miles Jackson-Lea, and Olakunle Olatunji are asking for a default judgment in opposition to Ye’s firm Yeezy. The minors’ ages vary from 14 to 17.
Along with West, they’re additionally suing his former chief of workers, Milo Yiannopoulos, and the Yeezy LLC itself. They are saying the workforce employed them to assist the event of an app that will work to advertise the album, Vultures 2. Nonetheless, the dream job quickly took a flip for the more severe, as they allegedly handled bullying over their sexual orientation and ethnicity. They additional declare West’s spouse, Bianca Censori, allegedly shared specific information with the workforce whereas he was attempting to get into the grownup content material enterprise. The lawsuit alleges: “No guardrails have been put in place to forestall the underaged YZYVSN staff from engaged on Yeezy Porn, or to forestall them from being uncovered to and being pressured to view pornography to carry out their work.”
Kanye West Hosts “Yeezy Season 8” Throughout Paris Style Week
PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 02: Kanye West attends the “Yeezy Season 8” present as a part of the Paris. Style Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 02, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photograph by Marc Piasecki/WireImage)
As for damages, the group is searching for a complete of $2,491,984 to cowl unpaid wages, emotional damages, and even punitive damages. “An award of punitive damages is warranted to penalize Defendants for his or her intentional and malicious actions and to discourage related misconduct sooner or later. Defendants orchestrated a scheme to use Plaintiffs for his or her labor, together with recruiting minors, subjecting them to abusive working circumstances, after which refusing to pay them for his or her work,” their lawyer wrote.
The case is one in every of many lawsuits Kanye has confronted lately. He’s additionally at present battling a grievance from a former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta, who accuses him of sexual harassment.
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