Kanye West has been sued by a girl who claims that he sexually assaulted her throughout a music video shoot in 2010. The girl, a mannequin named Jenifer “Jenn” An, filed her lawsuit immediately (November 22) in a New York federal courtroom. She is suing West and co-defendants Common Music Group and Stink Digital USA LLC for violating New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act.
In her criticism, An, a former contestant on America’s Subsequent High Mannequin, says she was forged within the music video for La Roux and Kanye West’s “In for the Kill” remix, filmed at New York’s Chelsea Resort in September 2010. She says West chosen her from a gaggle of feminine actors and fashions, selecting to movie a scene together with her as a result of she’s Asian.
After singling An out, in response to the criticism, West demanded the movie crew focus a digital camera on her face and his palms as he allegedly choked her, “smothered [her] face with each of his palms,” “rammed a number of fingers down her throat, repeatedly moved them out and in, and gagged her (which [An] believed lasted for over a minute) to emulate pressured oral intercourse, and screamed, ‘That is artwork. That is fucking artwork. I’m like Picasso.’” An claims that she “struggled to breathe and felt as if she had briefly blacked out” throughout the alleged assault.
Within the lawsuit, An blames Common Music Group for failing “to implement or implement a code of conduct.” She additionally claims the label “knew or ought to have recognized that [West] was able to sexually assaulting [her], given his publicly documented historical past of misogynistic habits, however unreasonably didn’t cease his conduct.”
When reached by Pitchfork, Jesse S. Weinstein, an lawyer for An, acknowledged, “We’re honored and privileged to signify Ms. An, who has displayed nice braveness to talk out in opposition to a number of the strongest males and entities throughout the leisure trade. Everybody’s voice is essential, and West can not escape legal responsibility due to his success and notoriety.”
West was lately sued by a former assistant for alleged sexual battery. The rapper has not publicly acknowledged the girl’s allegations or lawsuit.
In the event you or somebody you recognize has been affected by sexual assault, we encourage you to succeed in out for help:
RAINN Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline
https://www.rainn.org
1 800 656 HOPE (4673)
Disaster Textual content Line
SMS: Textual content “HELLO” or “HOLA” to 741-741
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