One other day, one other lawsuit. Sure, it’s a factor we’re going to say each time there’s a lawsuit within the trade. And this one is bizarre, even for Ye. Okay, a Los Angeles decide has dominated that the person suing Ye can proceed his case anonymously, rejecting the artist’s try and pressure him to disclose his identify publicly. The plaintiff, recognized solely as John Doe, alleges he was employed by Ye as “director of intelligence” and assigned to research each Kim Kardashian and Bianca Censori.
Right here’s the place it will get bizarre. Properly possibly for these occasions it’s simply par for the course. In line with court docket filings, Doe says Ye instructed him to trace Censori throughout her time in Australia and dig into Kardashian’s background as a result of Ye believed each ladies and their households had prison ties, together with alleged intercourse trafficking. Doe contends he later grew to become a goal himself after reporting alleged misconduct at Donda Academy, Ye’s personal college. He claims Ye instructed him he was “lifeless” to him and says he has confronted loss of life threats from others.
Doe argued he wanted to stay nameless because of concern of retaliation from Ye and his supporters. He additionally revealed {that a} Yeezy operations supervisor allegedly warned him that his household could possibly be harmed if he stayed concerned. Figuring out himself as a disabled veteran dwelling with PTSD, Doe burdened that public publicity may threaten his security and nicely being.
Choose Holly Fujie agreed, writing that the plaintiff “just isn’t concealing his id from defendants, he’s merely in search of to withhold it from the general public.” She famous that Ye and his authorized workforce would nonetheless be capable to conduct full discovery and depositions with out being hindered.
Ye’s attorneys had pushed again, claiming that the anonymity ruling restricted their potential to check Doe’s credibility and employment historical past whereas additionally leaving them weak to reputational injury. Together with Ye, Yeezy LLC is known as as a defendant.
The lawsuit, first filed in October 2023, accuses Ye and his firms of harassment and retaliation. Doe says the work setting was so poisonous that workers resigned in giant numbers, and that he too was pushed out after elevating crimson flags concerning the tradition inside Donda Academy.
