A new lawsuit filed in California on Thursday claims that Kanye West repeatedly told staff members that Jews were in charge of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s household.
Former workers have filed numerous lawsuits against the artist and businessman, now officially known as Ye, alleging that he has engaged in aggressive and occasionally strange behaviour.
According to Murphy Aficionado’s most recent file, he spent nine months working for Ye between 2022 and 2023, calling his Yeezy brand and Donda Academy school a “nightmare.”
“During Aficionado’s employment, Ye’s anti-Semitic tirades and conspiracies were a daily occurrence,” the suit says.
“Often, these outbursts involved how Jews controlled the Kardashians. Other times, Ye recounted how Jews were going after him and his money.”
Ye, 47, was married to socialite and businesswoman Kim Kardashian for eight years.
The couple, who have four children, divorced in 2022 in an increasingly acrimonious split, despite her earlier defending him and calling for understanding while he grappled with mental health issues.
Ye has garnered a string of headlines over recent years for anti-Semitic outbursts, including once saying he saw “good things about Hitler” and writing on social media that he was “going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”
His pronouncements cost him a lucrative deal with Adidas.
Thursday’s lawsuit claims Ye had no compunction about flaunting his sexual relationships in front of staff.
“On one occasion, in between his racist lectures, Ye invited Aficionado to his hotel room to work,” the suit states.
“In the suite, Aficionado waited miserably and uncomfortably while he unwillingly listened to Ye having sex with his then-girlfriend Bianca Censori in the adjoining room.
“On another occasion, Ye subjected Aficionado to those same sexual proclivities, but this time with his masseuse — leaving Aficionado feeling violated and dehumanized.”
The lawsuit seeks emotional and psychological harm in addition to unspecified damages for unpaid contractual obligations.
The action, according to Aficionado’s lawyer William Reed, is an attempt “to force Ye to learn that this conduct has no place in our society.”
The musician’s “vitriol, hate, and anti-Semitism continues, as does his complete and utter disrespect for the women around him.”
An AFP request for comment was not immediately answered by Ye’s representatives.
