Kanye West has agreed a settlement with a former assistaant who had accused him of sexual assault and harassment.
Kanye West has reached a settlement with a former assistant who accused him of sexual assault.
The Stronger hitmaker was sued in June 2024 by Lauren Pisciotta – who had worked for him from 2021 to 2023 – for sexual harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination, and over a year later, she filed an amended complaint that also included allegations of stalking, sexual battery, sex trafficking, and false imprisonment.
But on 23 July, the pair reached a settlement agreement, the details of which have not been disclosed.
Lauren must now file a request to have the case dismissed within 45 days.
According to documents obtained by USA Today, the settlement has been designated as “unconditional”, meaning no court-ordered terms or conditions are required to complete the dismissal of the case.
A follow-up hearing is scheduled for 28 September.
Lauren’s attorney, Arick Fudali, said: “The matter has been resolved.”
In her original complaint, Lauren alleged Kanye had sent her explicit texts and pornographic videos, photos and calls, and her amended complaint accused him of trying to force sex acts on her.
In documents obtained by People magazine, the woman accused the Golddigger rapper of having “attempted to vaginally penetrate Ms. Pisciotta with his fingers” and also having “orally raped her without her consent” while she worked for him.
Lauren alleged the 49-year-old star tried to kiss her multiple times without her consent before succeeding once during a trip to San Francisco in 2021, and she claimed that on another work trip, Kanye bombarded her with intimate questions and then “stroked his penis over his pants with one hand and forcibly touched her vagina with the other hand.”
The complaint went on to allege the Bound 2 rapper – who is married to Bianca Censori and has four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian – exposed his penis to his then-employee before pushing her onto the bed and pinning her down.
The documents state: “He then thrust his penis repeatedly into Ms. Pisciotta’s face against her will.
“As Ms. Pisciotta frantically pled for Ye to stop, Ye forced his penis into her mouth. Ms. Pisciotta froze in shock and fear but continued to plead with Ye and beg him to stop. After some time, Ye ended the rape, apologized, and exited Ms. Pisciotta’s hotel room.”
Other allegations of misconduct detailed in the amended complaint include Kanye having once locked Lauren in a bedroom and “forced her to watch him masturbate against her will,” and “forcibly grabbed” her by the throat during a concert, as well as an accusation the rapper hired a third party to allegedly harass his assistant by “falsely reporting nonexistent emergencies and incidents,” which “resulted in a barrage of alarming and intrusive visits” to her home from police, various government investigative authorities and delivery and service providers.”
When she filed her original lawsuit, Kanye’s representative branded the allegations “baseless” and alleged Lauren had resorted to “blackmail and extortion” after he had rejected her advances.
His publicist said: “She was terminated for being unqualified, demanding unreasonable sums of money (including a $4 million annual salary) and numerous documented incidents of her lascivious, unhinged conduct.”
Kanye West settles sexual assault case with former assistant
