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Lauren Pisciotta, a former private and government assistant of Kanye West, has expanded her sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to the rapper with claims that he drugged and sexually assaulted her. The unique lawsuit had outlined cases of harassment by West involving undesirable sexual texts and masturbating whereas on the cellphone to her. An amended grievance, filed final week, contains allegations that he “touched, groped, fondled, grabbed, and compelled himself in and on” Pisciotta on a number of events, with out her consent, together with as soon as at a celebration co-hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Within the lawsuit, first reported by TMZ and seen by Pitchfork, Pisciotta alleges that West assaulted her in a lodge in San Francisco, the place he had assembled a staff to work on Donda. Pisciotta says West banged on her door early one morning and requested to make use of her bathe as a result of his was damaged. After undressing and showering, she alleges, West got here right into a separate room the place she was sitting, dropped his towel, and pushed her onto the mattress earlier than straddling her and thrusting “his bare physique and penis into [Pisciotta’s] face.” She says that after repeatedly saying, “I don’t wish to do that,” West ultimately apologized, gathered his garments, and left with a bodyguard who had been ready outdoors. Pisciotta alleges that she feared retaliation if she spoke out, regardless of subsequent incidents of repeated touching within the workplace.
The lawsuit goes on to allege that, on an unspecified date, Pisciotta attended a studio session in Santa Monica, California, co-hosted by West and Diddy. She claims that West served drinks to invitees and mentioned they needed to drink them in the event that they needed to remain. She says that, after a couple of small sips, she slipped “into an altered and closely impaired state,” shedding management of her physique and speech. She says she awakened with no recollection of the evening’s occasions, however West later instructed her that they “did type of hook up just a little” on the evening in query. In that dialog, West mentioned his former spouse, whose title is withheld, had made a unfavorable remark about Pisciotta over textual content and accused her and West of being “intimate” collectively. West, she claimed, had instructed his spouse that the pair had “attached” however not that she had been “drugged and sexually assaulted.” Upon listening to this, West allegedly laughed and mentioned “ladies like to say they don’t keep in mind.”
The lawsuit claims that, upon studying that she “labored for the person who had sexually assaulted her,” she was “overcome with immense disgrace, discomfort, and utter disgust.” Her employment was ultimately terminated, earlier than an opportunity encounter with West and his present spouse, Bianca Censori, at a Submit Malone live performance. She alleges that, upon seeing Pisciotta, West squeezed her neck and aggressively pulled her in direction of his chest, saying, “I at all times knew what I might do to you if I ever say you once more.” Then, she claims, he compelled his tongue into her ear whereas Censori seemed on.
Pisciotta says she was left with “extreme nervousness, melancholy, and overwhelming PTSD,” requiring a “strict schedule” of remedy and drugs. She is suing West for exemplary and punitive damages in relation to the alleged assaults, in addition to different damages in relation to the claims within the authentic lawsuit.
Pisciotta’s lawyer, Mark Koorenny, provided no extra remark when reached by Pitchfork.
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