Kanye West Hit With Sex Trafficking And Sexual Assault Lawsuit By Former Assistant

Kanye West is facing backlash again, and this time, it's accompanied by some chilling new legal claims from a former insider. Lauren Pisciotta, who says she was a close associate of the rapper for more than a year, has filed a second amended complaint on July 8, intensifying her lawsuit with serious new allegations including sex trafficking, assault, and false imprisonment.

Pisciotta, 36, first filed a wrongful termination/sexual harassment lawsuit, but has now filed a much darker picture of her life under West's command. The complaint lays out a toxic, abusive workplace that far exceeded "unprofessional behavior," alleging the multi-record, multi-platinum artist as having effectively created a hostile, G.E.D.-wielding environment based on gender discrimination, emotional manipulation, and predatory control.

Pisciotta was recruited in July 2021, seduced by what she called a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to work for one of the world's top artists; she minced no words in the filing. But soon her dream disintegrated into a nightmare. Her lawyers now accuse West of being "exual abuser, sexual harasser, online bully, anti-Semite, bigot, and a misogynist who proudly boasts about being all these things," the filing claims.

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The lawsuit paints a horrifying picture: repeated physical attacks, manipulation, and control so intense that Pisciotta says she became psychologically traumatized. More ominously, sex trafficking is an element that hints at an altogether bigger picture: That West allegedly misused his power and influence in ways that conceivably crossed a line established by federal law. With the most serious allegations in play, Pisciotta's legal team contends that Yeezy, the organization, did nothing to stop harassment, discrimination, and retaliation to the extent it was relevant in his orbit, and that the blame falls squarely on his character.

The claims are not only damaging against the backdrop of Ye's already tarnished public image, which includes prior anti-Semitic comments and erratic online outbursts. With this second complaint, the story of Pisciotta's case crosses the threshold from whispers about alleged workplace misdeeds to serious criminal charges. The lawsuit is pending, and West's legal team has not yet responded publicly to the new allegations. As the case unfolds, it threatens not only to tarnish West's personal reputation but also his commercial interests and public standing, and raises important questions about power, accountability, and justice within the entertainment industry.