Kanye West has just reacted to the lawsuit from his former assistant, claiming it’s nothing more than a shakedown orchestrated by Diddy. For those who haven’t been keeping up, there’s been some serious tension between Kanye and Diddy for a while now. Kanye was one of the first to call out Diddy, warning everyone that he’s not as genuine as he seems in public. Just a couple of days ago, there were reports that Kanye was set to testify against Diddy for the feds, and then, out of nowhere, he gets sued by his former assistant. She claims Kanye allegedly assaulted her and forced her to go to Diddy’s parties. Kanye, however, is shooting those claims down, saying it’s all a setup by Diddy to keep him from testifying. Looks like things are getting pretty dirty, and Kanye seems ready to spill the beans.
Let’s be real—Kanye has always had a flair for the dramatic. He’s known for his wild rants and chaotic behavior, often dragging other celebrities into his personal drama. But even with all that, I don’t think anyone expected him to be facing such serious allegations, especially when compared to Diddy. Diddy’s got his own share of scandals, so it’s definitely unsettling to think of Kanye being in that same league. But maybe we shouldn’t be too surprised; Kanye has been open about his struggles with an addiction to adult content, even saying it nearly ruined his life. And remember last year when some Yeezy employees shared stories with Rolling Stone about how Kanye allegedly played adult films during meetings and showed intimate pictures of Kim Kardashian during job interviews? Like, seriously inappropriate!
Things took a bizarre turn when Kanye West’s former assistant, Laura Piota, decided to sue him, alleging that he behaved inappropriately during her time working with him. She was initially brought on to help with his Yeezy fashion line, but he quickly promoted her to his personal assistant, offering her a jaw-dropping salary of $1 million. That certainly raises some eyebrows since personal assistants usually don’t make that kind of money. For context, Kim Kardashian paid her assistant, Stephanie Shepard, about $65,000 and let her go when she asked for a raise. So, Kanye’s decision to shell out $1 million for Laura is definitely suspicious.
At that time, Laura was also running an OnlyFans account. Reports say Kanye asked her to close it down and even offered her another million dollars to do so—who wouldn’t jump at that kind of offer? According to Laura, she was mainly promoting her OnlyFans profile in 2021 when she met Kanye. He hired her to work on the first season of his Yeezy women’s fashion line, and they ended up collaborating on three tracks from his Donda album. Even though she doesn’t have formal credits on the album, Kanye later hired her as his personal assistant on the condition that she’d be available 24/7. Laura says she agreed to those terms, but it didn’t take long for things to get uncomfortable. She claims Kanye began sending her some seriously inappropriate text messages.
So, there are some pretty shocking allegations coming out against Kanye West from a former employee, Laura Piota. After she closed her account, she claims he bombarded her with explicit text messages, including adult videos. She even said that he would masturbate while they talked on the phone. On one occasion, she alleges that he trapped her in a private room on his plane and pleasured himself in front of her.
Laura shared that he would say things like, “See, my problem is I want to F, but then after I F, I want a girl to tell me how hard they’ve been effed while I’m effing them. Then I wanted to cheat on me.” It sounds like he was pretty graphic about his fantasies, which is definitely troubling.
In another bizarre moment, she claims he texted her something like, “Is my D racist? Is this F racist? D, I’m about to beat this e-racist D for being a racist! I’m going to stare at pictures of white women with black behinds and beat the s out of my d***!” Seriously, Kanye?
The craziest part? Fans are almost unfazed by this news because, well, it’s Kanye. Laura also alleged that he promoted her to Chief of Staff with a jaw-dropping $4 million salary, only to fire her out of the blue in October 2022. He promised her a $3 million severance package, which he apparently never followed through on. This led Laura to take legal action against him for wrongful termination, breach of contract, and creating a toxic work environment.
It’s a messy situation that really raises questions about workplace behavior and accountability, especially for someone as influential as Kanye. What do you think about all this?
We thought that might have been the end of it since it was already a lot to digest. But then, another woman came forward to support Laura’s allegations. Nikki Heaton, who used to be friends with Lauren, claimed that Kanye and Diddy came alarmingly close to assaulting her as well. For those who might not know, Nikki is a singer who had a bit of a breakthrough a few years back. She was ecstatic when she heard that Kanye wanted to collaborate with her; she thought this could be her big moment with a major star.
However, when she arrived at the studio with her manager, things took a concerning turn. Diddy was there with nine other girls, which raised a huge red flag for her. Nikki alleged that she and her manager were given drinks that were spiked, which isn’t surprising considering Diddy has faced multiple accusations of spiking drinks and drugging people before allegedly assaulting them.
Nikki had a lot to say about her experience: “I took a sip of his drink while my manager sat across from me. If you know my past and how my manager is, she’s very reserved. It felt strange because I noticed that Diddy kept looking at me, and Kanye was exchanging glances with Lauren. It felt like they were watching me in a weird way. I figured I’d pretend to drink to avoid suspicion, and that seemed to make them happy.”
She continued, “Almost immediately, I thought, ‘There’s something in this drink.’ I didn’t know what to do. I realized I was in the studio with Diddy and Kanye, both acting erratically, along with three other men—an executive who works with Kanye, his engineer, and his cousin—and it was just me. I hadn’t started freaking out yet, but I was fully aware of the gravity of the situation.”
“They started coming toward me, asking, ‘Aren’t you hot? Why don’t you take your clothes off?’ I told them, ‘No, I’m fine like this.’ They kept insisting, ‘Come on, it’s just us; we’re all friends. We just want to see how you look.’ I thought, ‘Alright, whatever,’ but honestly, I still wasn’t scared. I was definitely feeling uneasy—this was a bad situation—but I figured there was no reason to panic since there were other guys around.
Then they kept getting closer, and that’s when I really started to feel uncomfortable. I had no clue where my manager was or anyone else for that matter, and they were getting way too close, trying to take my clothes off. I thought, ‘This is not good.’ I tried to laugh it off, saying, ‘Come on! You guys are being ridiculous! Get away from me! Don’t touch me!’—but I was definitely feeling scared.
Suddenly, I just froze for a second, but then I snapped back to reality. They were pawing at me, and it was obvious they were drunk, maybe even on something stronger. I was pressed against the wall with only one exit behind me, and my heart started racing. I yelled, ‘Stop! Stop! Stop!’ But they just kept coming. They ripped my shirt, and I was almost fully exposed at that point. I couldn’t believe it had escalated this far. I finally said, ‘Guys, seriously? This isn’t funny anymore.'”
I looked over to my left, where an executive we know pretty well was sitting. It turns out things have gotten even messier. His wife, Bianca Sensori, is also named in a lawsuit, accused of being pretty inappropriate by sharing links to adult content, even though she knew some underage employees might see them. At least she wasn’t the one directly getting into trouble. But reports say that the videos shared by Sensori—who’s been married to the rapper since 2022—were accessible to younger staff. There were no protections in place to stop underage Yeezy Vision employees from being exposed to adult content just to do their jobs. Another source claimed that the lawsuit goes on to say that Yeezy’s…