{"id":4127,"date":"2025-02-12T08:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kanye-west-faces-lawsuit-from-jewish-staffer-over-hail-hitler-text\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:05:58","slug":"kanye-west-faces-lawsuit-from-jewish-staffer-over-hail-hitler-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kanye-west-faces-lawsuit-from-jewish-staffer-over-hail-hitler-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Faces Lawsuit From Jewish Staffer Over \u2018Hail Hitler\u2019 Text"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tYe (formerly Kanye West) is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who says the rapper compared himself to Hitler and threatened her because she is Jewish.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case, filed Tuesday (Feb. 11) in Los Angeles court, claims he subjected the unnamed woman to \u201cantisemitic vitriol,\u201d including texting her \u201cHail Hitler\u201d and calling her \u201cugly\u201d and a \u201cbitch.\u201d And the woman says she was \u201cswiftly terminated\u201d when she complained.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYe carried out a calculated campaign to threaten and psychologically torment Jewish people around him, specifically plaintiff,\u201d the woman\u2019s lawyers wrote. \u201cThere can be little doubt that Ye treats those around him, especially Jewish people and women, much worse than just a bully. He is a self-proclaimed \u2018Nazi\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Jane Doe accuses Ye and his Yeezy LLC of religious and gender discrimination, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and a variety of other legal wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new lawsuit, one of many filed by former employees against Ye, came days after he went on an offensive tirade on X (formerly Twitter) that included antisemitic comments (\u201cI\u2019m a Nazi\u201d and praise for Adolf Hitler) as well as a bizarre demand to free Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs, who is currently in custody awaiting trial on sex crime charges. On Sunday, Ye ran a TV ad during the Super Bowl that directed viewers to an online store where they could purchase a shirt emblazoned with a swastika.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was hardly the first time the rapper has made such statements. After a string of similar antisemitic rhetoric and other erratic behavior in October 2022, the star lost much of what was a once-formidable business empire, including fashion partnerships with Adidas, The Gap and Balenciaga, as well as his representation by Creative Artists Agency and many of his lawyers.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Tuesday\u2019s lawsuit, the Jane Doe plaintiff says she was hired at Ye\u2019s Yeezy LLC as a marketing specialist in December 2023, shortly before he issued an apology (written in Hebrew) for those earlier antisemitic statements. But she says the apologetic sentiment was \u201cshort lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA month later, amid renewed controversy over the cover art of his Vultures Vol. 1<\/em>, the woman claims she suggested that Ye issue a statement condemning Nazism. When the message was relayed to the star himself, he allegedly responded with a text message (included in the lawsuit) reading \u201cI Am A Nazi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis not only deeply offended Doe but the loud and proud antisemitism also made her feel endangered,\u201d her attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tMonths later, the rapper allegedly texted her and another Jewish employee \u201cWhat the fuck is everyone here getting paid?\u201d In another screenshotted text, he allegedly followed up: \u201cWelcome to the first day of working for Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe abuse allegedly escalated from there, the lawsuit says, including a series of texts in June 2024 in which Ye allegedly said \u201cShut the f\u2014 up b\u2014-\u201d called her \u201cugly as f\u2014\u201d and texted \u201cHail Hitler.\u201d Later, he also allegedly texted, \u201cYou what\u2019s left after I said deathcon\u201d \u2014 a message that Jane Doe says was intended to reference his previous antisemitic rants and meant as a threat based on her religion.<\/p>\n

\n\tJust hours after she complained about the text messages to her manager, the lawsuit says she was sent an email from an attorney representing Yeezy terminating her employment.<\/p>\n

\n\tA spokesman for Ye did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday (Feb. 11).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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