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 as we speak (November 22) in a New York federal court docket. 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 grievance, 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 Lodge in September 2010. She says West chosen her from a gaggle of feminine actors and fashions, selecting to movie a scene along with her as a result of she’s Asian.
After singling An out, in accordance with the grievance, West demanded the movie crew focus a digital camera on her face and his arms as he allegedly choked her, “smothered [her] face with each of his arms,” “rammed a number of fingers down her throat, constantly moved them out and in, and gagged her (which [An] believed lasted for over a minute) to emulate compelled 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 identified that [West] was able to sexually assaulting [her], given his publicly documented historical past of misogynistic conduct, however unreasonably didn’t cease his conduct.”
When reached by Pitchfork, Jesse S. Weinstein, an legal professional for An, said, “We’re honored and privileged to symbolize Ms. An, who has displayed nice braveness to talk out in opposition to a few of the strongest males and entities inside the leisure business. Everybody’s voice is essential, and West can not escape legal responsibility due to his success and notoriety.”
West was not too long ago 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 realize has been affected by sexual assault, we encourage you to succeed in out for assist:
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
