Kanye West and his former design assistant have reached a settlement.
June 3, 2024, published at 6:30 am ET
“Counsel represents that the parties have reached a settlement agreement,” the documents dated May 22 read. Although it was claimed they had settled last year, the pair went to war again, with the latest documents showing they struck a deal “on or about March 25, 2024.”
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Documents obtained by RadarOnline.com show they reached an agreement in March.
“As part of the settlement agreement, the parties agreed that plaintiff Leslie would file a second amended complaint to add Shelby Grotowski as an additional plaintiff and add putative class action allegations for purposes of the settlement,” Leslie's legal team informed the court.
Ye and his former employee have a dismissal hearing scheduled for August 13. As soon as the judge signs his signature, All lights rapper can say goodbye to at least one legal battle.
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The ex-employee accused Ye of not paying her overtime or reimbursement for mandatory work travel.
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RadarOnline.com told you — Ye's former design assistant claimed the rapper didn't pay her after she was hired to work for Yeezy. Leslie claimed she was cheated out of benefits, overtime, travel and cell phone allowances.
She accused the Vultures musician who misclassifies Yeezy employees as contractors, allegedly denies them wages and benefits, and fails to enforce the California Labor Code.
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Leslie alleged that Ye failed to pay her for work she did 24 hours a day at job sites, or reimburse her for necessary work-related travel between locations such as Cody, Wyoming and Paris, France, for cell phone and internet use, and for the costs related to the mandatory work. trip.
Ye's former employee alleged that he failed to compensate all of her overtime hours and failed to provide employees with required off-duty meal breaks.
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In the middle of a settlement, Ye dropped his former lawyer.
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Leslie's attorney has already sent proof of service; However, the documents show that he gave the resignation to the rapper's now ex-lawyer. Like RadarOnline.com reported onlyYou disbarred his former legal eagle London Meservy from all his affairs. While Meservy received the dismissal documents via email on May 16, he was dumped as the controversial superstar's lawyer days later.
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The 24-time Grammy winner submitted an application replacement of lawyer This month he told the court he would kick Meservy out of at least three cases in which the latter was Ye's mouthpiece.
The news came just days after the Gold digger rapper lost his old Yeezy chief of staff, far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos.
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You are still facing a $1 million lawsuit filed by another employee.
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The self-proclaimed “world's most fantastic supervillain” resigned after revealing he disagreed with Ye's plan to enter the adult film business with “Yeezy Porn.”
You've settled this lawsuit, but he's still stuck in one $1 million legal battle another ex-employee, who accused the star of making him sleep outside his unfinished Malibu mansion in “makeshift conditions” while he worked security.
