This article contains references to sexual assault.Kanye Westis facing allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking from a former personal assistant. Lauren Pisciotta, who worked for West from 2021-2023, has previously filed a complaint against the rapper. She’s now filed a second amended complaint in her lawsuit.
First reported byTMZ, this accuses West of “assault, battery, stalking, sexual battery, sex trafficking, false imprisonment and more.” According to the amended complaint, West made unwanted advances on Pisciotta during a business trip to a hotel in San Francisco.She gave a harrowing account of sexual assault.
Multiple outlets have reached out to West and Pisciotta for comment.
Pisciotta’s Allegations Explained
Lauren Pisciotta worked for West from 2021 during the making of his albumDonda, and she filed her initial complaint against him in June 2024. Her second amended complaint, also obtained byVariety, alleges that West “orally raped her without her consent” and pressured her into sexual favors by making false promises about her career.
The full list of allegations in the updated complaint include:
The latest filing claims that, after Pisciotta filed her initial complaint, West hired an individual to “SWAT” her by sending emergency services under false pretenses.
“Within approximately one week of filing her original summons and complaint in this action, Ms. Pisciotta was bombarded with unwanted, harassing, and alarming visits from law enforcement and government agencies who claimed to be investigating various reports, such as child abuse, and searched her home and personal effects.”
There has been no statement fromKanye Westregarding these latest accusations. Back in June 2024, at the time of the original allegations,West’s legal representatives called the initial accusations “baseless” in comments toRolling Stone, accusing her of engaging in “blackmail and extortion.”
