Embattled rapper Kanye West is reportedly going through extra authorized strife — this time in connection to an alleged battery incident in Los Angeles.
The “Vultures” musician — who now goes by Ye — is below investigation by L.A. police for allegedly punching a person who allegedly grabbed his wife, Bianca Censori, TMZ reported Wednesday. Sources advised the web site that Ye, 46, and Censori, 29, left the scene of the alleged altercation and that the rapper’s alleged sufferer didn’t want remedy for accidents.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Division mentioned that officers responded to the 8200 block of Sundown Boulevard at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday for a “battery investigation” and a report has since been accomplished. The spokesperson didn’t verify the suspect’s id to The Occasions on Thursday.
Video shared by Fox 11 reporter Matthew Seedorff on Wednesday reveals detectives leaving the long-lasting Chateau Marmont on Sundown . Boulevard, the place West reportedly has been staying in latest months.
A consultant for the rapper disputed preliminary t stories that Censori had been “grabbed” by the opposite man as “grossly insufficient as an outline of what occurred.”
“Bianca was bodily assaulted. The assailant didn’t merely collide into her,” the rep mentioned in a press release to TMZ. “He put his arms below her costume, straight on her physique, he grabbed her waist, he spun her round, after which he blew her kisses. She was battered and sexually assaulted.”
A consultant for Ye didn’t instantly reply Thursday to The Occasions’ request for remark.
The investigation comes weeks after Ye — who shortly fell out of public favor in late 2022 amid his antisemitic rants — was sued by a former employee of his Donda Academy. The rapper, his Yeezy model and the Los Angeles-area college face allegations of discrimination, a hostile work setting, whistleblower retaliation and unsafe working situations and extra.
The accuser, Trevor Phillips, is searching for damages in extra of $35,000, in response to the criticism.
Occasions workers author August Brown contributed to this report.
