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Kanye West’s ex-employee says rapper is ‘source of his own demise’ after he whines about ‘negative attention’ in lawsuit
The rapper wants to push back the trial date because he can't find a lawyer
KANYE West's former employee has slammed the star for complaining about "negative media coverage" affecting his ability to hire a lawyer in their lawsuit.
Kanye, 47, asked a Los Angeles judge to postpone his trial with Tony Saxon, who is suing him for discrimination and retaliation.
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He worked for him as a 24/7 security guard at his crumbling Malibu beach house, which he has since sold at a huge loss after tearing off the roof and removing the electrical wiring.
Attorney Manoj Shah, who is acting on behalf of Kanye as he searches for a permanent lawyer to deal with the case, filed documents seen by The U.S. Sun.
He said the rapper had "faced extreme hardship and difficulty retaining litigation counsel, due to exceedingly negative media coverage of Defendants."
Shah asked that the scheduled trial on February 24 be delayed to a later date.
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Saxton has now filed his opposition, obtained by The U.S. Sun, in which he claims, "First, Mr. Shah does not give any substance as to what media coverage is leading to the purported inability of Defendant to obtain counsel in this case.
"Defendant has parted ways with three prior counsel of record before Mr. Shah 'specially' appeared.
"Plaintiff and the Court are left guessing what supposed media coverage is connected with what supposed fruitless attempts to find to counsel.
"Second, Defendant Ye is the source of his own demise in this regard.
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"It is no secret that Defendant’s antisemitic remarks in October 2022."
Saxton's attorney included links to news articles in the filing about Adidas canceling a multi-million dollar deal with Kanye following his controversial comments about Jewish people.
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He also then referenced Kanye's most recent hateful rant in the filing, explaining, "Coincidentally, today, February 7, 2025, Defendant decided to post his thoughts about defendant Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Jewish people, Hitler, Nazis, Swastikas, homosexuals and people with disabilities to millions of people on X."
He included screenshots of many of Kanye's shocking posts on the social media site, including calling Hitler "fresh" and trying to normalize talking about the late dictator.
Kanye has since deactivated his X account but is still selling a $20 T-shirt featuring a swastika logo on his Yeezy.com website after removing all of his other products.
The court filing continues, "Defendant asking any relief based on the above-referenced attempt to make a mockery of the legal system.
"Based thereon, Defendant's trouble finding counsel to step in to this action, a self-inflicted trouble, should not (and cannot) be grounds for good cause to continue trial or trial-related dates."
They mentioned the case was filed in September 2023 and they are no closer to a trial date.
"Defendant's inability to stay in the three-prior attorney-client relationships, and ignore the litigation since September 2024, should not now benefit him," Saxon's counsel wrote.
They added that he had missed two depositions in October and December despite getting due notice.
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Saxon, claims in the suit that he worked for Kanye from September 2021 to November 2021, and accuses him of wrongful termination, unpaid wages, and dangerous working conditions.
He claims he was forced to sleep on the floor because there were no beds and that he was injured while working but his request for time off was ignored.
When Saxon allegedly refused to remove the windows and electricity from the home to create a "bomb shelter,"; he was allegedly fired and not paid what he was owed.
Kanye has denied all of the claims in the suit in his official response through his former lawyer, Brian Brumfield, who withdrew from several cases in July 2024.
Brumfield explained in previous filings, "[Kanye] terminated relationship on 6/21/2024. [Kanye] also will not speak to counsel and [Kanye] refuses to pay counsel as well."
His current representative, Shah, claimed Kanye interviewed almost a dozen national, regional, and local defense litigation firms to take on the Saxon case and others, but has not been able to retain anyone.
Kanye is already working with the attorney Eduardo Martorell, who is now lead counsel for some of the rapper's other lawsuits, and he may take on the Saxon case.
Documents state Kanye is prepared to speak to Martorell, who is happy to accept the case, however, "only if this court is able to continue to the trial date, and all related deadlines and cut-off dates."
Kanye's team has asked the court to delay the trial date until August or "the next available date thereafter."
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A judge has not yet ruled whether or not it can be rescheduled.
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