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Kanye West told Kim Kardashian she ‘had Jewish masters’
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Kanye West told Kim Kardashian she ‘had Jewish masters’

Kanye West allegedly turned a Yeezy employee’s job into a living ‘nightmare’ by subjecting the man to anti-Semitic tirades – often involving attacks against Kim Kardashian — and business meetings in hotel suites where West engaged in loud sex in neighboring rooms, according to a new lawsuit.

Plaintiff Murphy Aficionado claims the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, hired him as a project manager in October 2022 in what he initially considered a dream gig. In his lawsuit, Aficionado claims he worked up to 70 hours a week and sometimes slept in the office to meet deadlines. Instead of receiving his promised salary of $125 an hour, Aficionado says he was inundated with “racist lectures,” angry outbursts and empty promises.

“Ye’s anti-Semitic tirades and plots were daily. Often these outbursts were about how Jews controlled the Kardashians. Other times, Ye talked about how Jews were going after him and his money,” the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court says.

“The Jews are out to get me. They froze my bank account. The Jews got Kim (Kardashian) and my kids,” West allegedly told a confused aficionado on one occasion, according to the lawsuit filed by attorneys Carney R. Shegerian and William Reed. When Aficionado asked West what he meant, the Yeezy boss reportedly responded, “The Jews convinced Kim (Kardashian). She has Jewish masters.

Aficionado claims that in late November 2022, West summoned him to the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills for a meeting. He says a lawyer for conservative commentator Candace Owens came out of the suite as he entered. (A month earlier, West and Owens posed together during her fashion show in Paris wearing matching “White Lives Matter” T-shirts.) The aficionado claims he quickly spotted West’s wife, Bianca Censori, standing topless inside and also tried to get out, but West “ordered” her to sit. He says West told him the lawyer was “a Jewish spy” and then demonstrated his “dominance” by opening the bedroom door where Censori had retreated, exposing her again. He claims West left the door slightly ajar while he had loud sex with Censori while Aficionado silently waited for their meeting to resume.

“Disturbed, Aficionado wanted nothing more than to leave. However, Aficionado feared further retaliation from one of the most famous, powerful and erratic artists in the world,” the lawsuit states. The aficionado claims West came back from the bedroom wearing a swastika T-shirt and aggressively asked her, “You don’t like my shirt?”

According to the lawsuit, West asked her to return to the same suite for another meeting later that week. Aficionado says West was in the suite with an unnamed “famous NFL wide receiver” when he arrived and both men were dressed in towels. He claims they took turns entering a room where they allegedly had audible sex with a masseuse. “The Aficionado sat uncomfortably as time slowly passed,” the lawsuit claims, “while he listened to the clapping and moaning from that room where Ye and his masseuse were making love.”

Aficionado claims West asked him to move the music mogul’s controversial K-12 private Christian school, Donda Academy, to a new campus in Chatsworth in February 2023. When Aficionado and other members of his team explained that building permits would be needed to transform the “decrepit property” into a child-safe environment, West reportedly “became furious and shouted that he would not agree to wait (for) or use permits” , the lawsuit claims, Aficionado says he was fired in July 2023 when it was announced that Donda Academy “would no longer operate.”

Aficionado’s lawsuit includes claims of discrimination, hostile work environment, labor code violations, non-payment of wages and wrongful termination. It names West, Yeezy and Donda Academy as defendants. Attempts to reach a representative for West and his companies were not immediately successful Thursday. A spokeswoman for Kardashian did not respond to a request for comment.

The new trial is the latest a wave of complaints filed against West after anti-Semitic rants posted on his social media accounts in October 2022 triggered widespread criticism and the end of its lucrative partnerships with Gap And Adidas. In a particularly infamous Twitter postWest told his millions of followers on October 8, 2022 that he was “a little sleepy tonight, but when I wake up I’m going to die 3 against the JEWS.” Twitter, now X, deleted the statement and banned West from its account.

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As West faced continued fallout and his billionaire status deteriorated, problems with Donda Academy would eventually lead to the school’s dissolution. A former teacher at the school continued West last April Claiming the musician expressed anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in front of students and said he wanted two students to shave their heads and be locked in cages. Plaintiff Trevor Phillips claims West also simulated masturbation in front of him during a meeting at a hotel while filming the film. The Batman played muted. Phillips is represented by the same legal team as Aficionado.

“(West’s) vitriol, hatred and anti-Semitism continue, as does his complete and utter lack of respect for the women around him,” Aficionado’s attorney, William Reed, said in a shared statement Thursday with rolling stone. “By filing a lawsuit (Aficionado), we aim to vindicate our client’s rights and force Ye to learn that this conduct has no place in our society. We look forward to Mr. Aficionado’s day in court.