Ye’s former assistant filed an amended lawsuit against the rapper last week that accuses him of drugging and sexually assaulting her, trafficking others, using job openings to recruit sex partners and tasking her with delivering him “sex honey.”
The suit alleges Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, attacked Lauren Pisciotta in a hotel room, once drugged her at a recording studio, used foreign work visas and product photo shoots to recruit potential sex partners, “overshared” video of sexual encounters, and offered sex partners and others described as those he “trafficked” as gifts to friends and colleagues.
The civil complaint, which initially accused Ye of sexual harassment, was amended and filed Oct. 8 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
In one case, the amended suit says, Ye texted Pisciotta for advice about his desire to have sex with the mother of a celebrity model he said he knew intimately.
Ye’s representative did not immediately respond to NBC News’ detailed questions about the allegations in both lawsuits. In June, a spokesperson not only denied allegations in the original version of the filing, but alleged the plaintiff had used sexuality in a failed attempt to “to coerce employment and other material benefits” from the rapper.
Ultimately, the spokesperson said, the plaintiff “engaged in blackmail and extortion” when sexual advances didn’t get the results she desired. The spokesperson said at the time Ye planned to file a countersuit against Pisciotta.