Kanye West Flees The Country After Getting Sued for Millions

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00:00 Kanye West is now getting sued big time by multiple people and is being accused of putting

00:11 his employees in unsafe working conditions while trying to turn his Malibu mansion into

00:17 a literal bomb shelter.

00:26 What is going on here guys?

00:28 Now the first lawsuit claims that the staff at the mansion had inadequate accommodations

00:33 and had to sleep on makeshift arrangements and conditions since the house was still under

00:40 construction.

00:41 According to Tony Saxon, who is the plaintiff in this case, he didn't have a proper place

00:46 to sleep and he had to use his coat as a makeshift bed on the floor next to exposed insulation.

00:54 Tony Saxon started working for Kanye's security back in September of 2021 and he was also

01:08 given construction related tasks.

01:11 And photos from the case show that Kanye's employees had to endure poor conditions without

01:18 access to beds, blankets or pillows while the house was being renovated.

01:30 The employee, Tony, has made more claims in addition to the complaints about poor working

01:36 conditions.

01:37 Check this out.

01:38 He's accusing Kanye West of retaliating against him for refusing to carry out dangerous requests.

01:53 So what type of dangerous requests are we talking about here?

01:57 Tony alleges that while he was working on renovating a house bought by Kanye, Kanye

02:02 West asked for the removal of electricity and windows, which was considered extremely

02:09 risky and dangerous.

02:18 When Tony didn't comply with this request, well he says that he was abruptly told to

02:23 leave his job.

02:24 Boom, that was it, he was fired.

02:27 Tony claims he was fired after refusing to move power generators inside because of safety

02:32 concerns.

02:33 Kanye West is also currently facing another lawsuit from his former manager, Thomas St.

02:39 John.

02:40 Now this has to do with firing, but it doesn't have to do with unsafe working conditions.

02:46 Thomas St. John claims that he was unfairly fired without proper payment and is seeking

02:50 $4.5 million in damages.

02:53 Back in December of 2022, Thomas filed a complaint with the court stating that he had difficulty

03:00 reaching Kanye West to serve him with legal documents related to the lawsuit that he initiated

03:06 in October of that year.

03:08 St. John reportedly told the courtroom during a hearing that he hasn't had the opportunity

03:12 to serve Kanye with the legal documents regarding the lawsuit.

03:15 Kanye West had hired Thomas as his senior financial advisor and chief financial officer

03:21 and they had a contract for 18 months.

03:23 They agreed on a monthly salary as well as a $300,000 retainer fee as part of this deal.

03:30 However, Thomas claims that he was suddenly fired just a few months into the contract,

03:36 which he believes goes against their agreement completely.

03:40 So he's seeking what he thinks he's owed, this includes $900,000 for the work that he

03:45 has done up until this point, as well as $3.6 million for the rest of the contract as well

03:52 as additional damages.

04:02 Although Thomas started the lawsuit months ago, he hasn't been able to move forward

04:08 with anything because he hasn't been able to serve Kanye West with the necessary legal

04:14 documents.

04:16 And also in a recent report, it was mentioned that Kanye West and his wife, Bianca, have

04:20 been actively avoiding his lawyers, even though he's facing several lawsuits here.

04:26 So this is one of the reasons why they've been traveling outside of America to places

04:31 like Italy, Germany, and the UK, just to completely avoid this stay away.

04:37 It's definitely going to be a lot to deal with.

04:39 So I'm sure it's kind of therapeutic for Kanye West and his wife to not have to deal with

04:45 the legal stuff right now.

04:47 But eventually, when they get back to America, they're going to have to deal with that.

04:51 On that note guys, I'm going to end off on this one.

04:54 As always, I turned over to you where I want to hear your thoughts and comments about this.

04:58 So be sure to sound off down below.

05:01 And thanks for hanging out with me here on FTD News.

05:03 I'll catch you guys in the next one.

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