KANYE West allegedly hired a private investigator to spy on his wife Bianca Censori after she headed to Australia on her own to see family, an explosive lawsuit has claimed.
The problematic rapper and his second wife brushed off rumors of a divorce this month as they were seen on a shopping trip in Tokyo.
Sources close to the pair claimed to the Daily Mail they faked the divorce for attention, but an insider told The U.S. Sun Kanye does not always trust his spouse.
Now, a John Doe is suing the star claiming he worked for him as his former director of intelligence and was tasked with investigating Bianca and his former in-laws, the Kardashians.
In new court documents seen by The U.S. Sun, the man alleges Kanye never paid him for the work carried out over several months and it has caused him emotional distress.
He is said to have worked with the star, known as Ye, around December 2022, and was initially brought on board to be his campaign manager for his presidential run.
Papers alleged, "A particularly notable task by YE was to have DOE hire private investigators to follow and 'tail' his wife, Bianca Censori, when she was traveling alone to visit family in Australia, without Ms. Censori's knowledge.
"JOHN DOE was also tasked by YE with investigating the Kardashian family and supposed various criminal links YE believed they had with criminal enterprises, including alleged sex trafficking.”
There has never been any suggestion the Kardashian family has been involved in any criminal enterprise.
Doe claims he initially had a lengthy discussion with Kanye at The Edition Hotel in Los Angeles, where the star occupied the top floor.
YE himself called DOE to yell, curse, and threaten DOE with great bodily injury, including death."
Lawsuit against Kanye West
"When YE entered the waiting area where DOE was, the first
thing YE said was he had plans to build cars in South America and 'save the world!'," the lawsuit claims.
"By the summer of 2023, JOHN DOE was also brainstorming ideas to keep Ye in the news, including a discussion of getting involved with both national and international headlines, handling investigations and NDAs, eventually transitioning to full-time work for Yeezy.
"DOE would spend time fixing certain problems of YE himself, such as items that were stolen or lost, prompting further investigations.
"It was common for YE to lose expensive cars or fail to pay people for services rendered at YE's direction."
The lawsuit claims on or about May 14, 2024, Kaney began to let most of the Yeezy leadership team go, which has been confirmed by sources to The U.S. Sun.
Doe claims the star's behavior became erratic during that time.
"Soon thereafter, JOHN DOE received a call from an employee of Donda Academy (a school run by Defendants at that time), informing DOE that abuse of children had occurred at Donda and that supposedly nothing was done to correct or report the problem," the suit reads.
"DOE immediately informed the remaining YEEZY leadership of the report about the Donda student(s).
"Almost immediately thereafter on the same day, YE himself called DOE to yell, curse, and threaten DOE with great bodily injury, including death, if DOE repeated what DOE learned from the Donda employee."
According to the suit, Kanye shouted at Doe, "You're f***ing dead to me" and also played bizarre recordings of voices that were threatening harm.
Bianca Censori and Kanye West's relationship
Bianca Censori was born on January 5, 1995, in Melbourne, Australia
Before her current full-time job, the 29-year-old started a jewelry company called Nylons after leaving high school.
After working as a student architect for three years, she completed a master's degree between 2019 and 2020 ahead of moving to Los Angeles.
In a radio interview, a childhood friend of Bianca's claimed that Kanye slid into her DMs on Instagram.
The rapper reportedly said, "Come and work for me."
At which point she says the designer moved to LA to join his company Yeezy as the "head of architecture" – and has been since November 2020.
WEDDING BELLS
On Friday, October 6, 2023, The Daily Mail reported Kanye and Bianca wed on December 20, 2022.
The couple tied the knot under a "confidential marriage license" in the state of California.
The two wed in Palo Alto, California, according to the document.
The wedding came just one month after Kanye and Kim Kardashian finalized their divorce.
The lawsuit further claims that in the weeks that followed, Doe received more threats from Kanye's associates, who were known as "enforcers".
"Plaintiff DOE is a military veteran diagnosed with PTSD, and these
threats exacerbated the PTSD. A diagnosis YE had knowledge of through text messages exchanges with DOE.
"The stress and trauma caused by the threats, hostile work environment, and Plaintiff’s exposure to illegal and unethical activities severely impacted his mental and emotional well-being.
"Plaintiff experienced panic attacks, anxiety, and severe emotional distress, which caused him to seek medical treatment and was placed in a facility to address his declining mental health."
Kanye has no current legal representation, is yet to respond to the lawsuit, and did not return requests for comment from The U.S. Sun on Thursday.
The new lawsuit is one of several the embattled artist is facing from former staff, alleging everything from wrongful termination to sexual harassment.
He has responded to very few suits and fallen out with multiple lawyers, his most recent being Brian Brumfield, who dropped out of multiple cases.
Brumfield alleged in court docs that Kanye terminated their working relationship on June 21.
"Defendant also will not speak to counsel and defendant refuses to pay counsel as well,” Brumfield alleged.
He has not received to calls for comment since on how much the star still owes him.
