Kanye West is being sued by employees for calling them “the new slaves” and for allegedly sending them pornographic videos that were available to minors by Bianca Censoli, an Australian architectural designer who is reportedly married to the rapper.
The lawsuit alleges that West created the app to promote his own music, which resulted in a racist environment with a toxic work environment, while Censori sent staff members pornographic videos that were accessible to minors. report From TMZ.
West and former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos are named as defendants in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. Sensari is not named as a defendant.
The lawsuit alleges that West and Yiannopoulos subjected employees to “forced labor and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment,” and that the two openly mocked the “Heartless” rapper’s employees, calling them “the new slaves,” and also made racist remarks.
According to TMZ, West and Yiannopoulos are also accused of falsely promising to pay adult and underage staff members, intimidating them into working long hours and without sleep through the night.
The lawsuit alleges the pair employed an international development group made up of Black staff and employees as young as 14 years old.
According to the lawsuit, Yiannopoulos promised to pay the developers $120,000 to create the app for West as long as they agreed to working conditions and did not complain while developing the app.
The lawsuit also alleges that employees were ordered to sign non-disclosure agreements and that smaller developers who were threatened with termination were forced to sign “voluntary” agreements, with the threat of not receiving compensation if they did not sign such documents.
From there, the developers worked remotely, communicating with West, Yiannopoulos and others via platforms like Discord, Zoom and Slack.
In these group chats, staff were subjected to derogatory and harassing language about their race, sex, sexual orientation and nationality from white managers who oversaw their work, according to the lawsuit.
In one instance, Yiannopoulos allegedly sent a message to a Black employee that included black/brown skin emojis and called a young developer a school shooter.
Then in late April, during the midst of West’s announcement that he was launching an adult film venture called “Yeezy Porn,” Censori sent employees file-sharing links containing explicit sexual material that underage employees were able to access, the lawsuit adds.
According to the lawsuit, the developers were never paid for their work after delivering the finished version of the app on May 1.
The plaintiffs are reportedly seeking damages for unpaid wages, overtime and mental anguish.
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