Kanye West pushed again in opposition to sexual assault accusations tied to a 2010 music video shoot by asking a decide to toss a lawsuit filed by Jenn An, a former contestant on America’s Subsequent High Mannequin, who claims the rapper attacked her throughout filming.

In court docket paperwork filed in August, West’s authorized crew argued that An’s lawsuit is an try and punish him for his public statements, not a authentic authorized declare, Us Weekly stories.

They pointed to her references to his previous antisemitic remarks and controversial takes on sexual assault survivors as proof of ulterior motives.

“These alleged quotations bear no relevance to the claims on this case and are offered with out significant context,” West’s legal professional wrote. “Their inclusion must be thought-about as info to help arguments concerning [An’s] motive to deliver this lawsuit — to silence [West] for his controversial speech on issues of public concern.”

An filed the go well with in November 2024, alleging that West took over directing duties through the shoot for La Roux’s “In for the Kill” remix and assaulted her on digicam.

She claims he ordered her to take a seat, then choked her and shoved his fingers down her throat whereas declaring, “That is artwork. That is f###### artwork. I’m like Picasso.”

In accordance with the criticism, the incident lasted greater than a minute, throughout which An says she struggled to breathe. She additionally alleges that somebody on set inspired the conduct moderately than intervening.

West’s authorized crew countered that the video concerned bodily interplay between performers and that An by no means voiced discomfort or tried to depart the set.

“At no level through the manufacturing did [An] object to her position, categorical a scarcity of consent to take part, nor try to depart the efficiency,” the submitting states.

In addition they warned that permitting the case to maneuver ahead may set a harmful precedent for artists and administrators engaged on provocative content material.

“To allow such claims to proceed would imply that each actor, director, and artist concerned in provocative movie, theater, or music video productions — whether or not depicting violence, sexuality, or each — may face retroactive criminalization,” the response reads.

An’s legal professional, Jesse Weinstein, dismissed West’s argument that the act was inventive expression.

“Whereas Ye is definitely entitled to defend himself on this go well with, we refuse to undertake his concept that sexually assaulting Ms. An was in some way justified as ‘artwork,’” Weinstein stated. “This was an unscripted second that he took it upon himself to create, a lot to the dismay and shock of almost everybody round him.”

The lawsuit provides to West’s mounting authorized points. In June 2024, his former assistant Lauren Pisciotta amended a separate criticism accusing him of sexual assault, battery and intercourse trafficking.

Different lawsuits from ex-Yeezy staffers and Donda Academy workers stay lively.

An, who appeared on season 13 of America’s Subsequent High Mannequin in 2009, is searching for damages for emotional misery. West is asking the court docket to dismiss the case fully.

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