One other day one other lawsuit filed in opposition to Kanye West . This time his former safety guard is hitting again with severe claims. Benjamin Deshon Provo, the ex guard, who started working with Ye in 2021 earlier than being moved to his Donda Academy and Yeezy model warehouse, has filed a lawsuit in opposition to the rapper on Friday. He accuses West of discriminating in opposition to Black workers, treating them unfairly in comparison with their White counterparts, and wrongfully terminating him for refusing to chop his dreadlocks.
Within the swimsuit, Provo particulars how he skilled pay disparities, mistreatment, and strain to shave his head, which he wore in dreadlocks as a part of his Muslim religion. Provo started mentioning the “stark distinction in the best way Kanye handled Plaintiff and different Black workers” in comparison with their ”non-Black counterparts.” He claims that not solely was he paid lower than non-Black workers “for no discernible cause,” however he alleged West was “at all times abrupt, abrasive, and demeaning of Plaintiff and his Black counterparts.”
Provo mentioned he tried to lift these points with the direct supervisor John Hicks, solely to be advised “Don’t carry up cash to Ye. He doesn’t like to speak about cash.” To make issues worse, when it got here to his hair, Provo mentioned that was one other large situation. Per the criticism, “On account of Plaintiff’s non-compliance with Kanye’s calls for that his head be shaved, Hicks and Kanye started to exert strain on Plaintiff to do the identical.” The doc additional states that “Kanye started to turn into more and more extra aggressive, demanding” by asserting “It’s time so that you can shave your heads. I’m not messing round.” Nonetheless, Hicks approached Plaintiff and acknowledged, “Kanye mentioned, ‘Inform the one with the dreads to shave his head or he’s fired.’”
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As if that wasn’t so much to take care of, the lawsuit particulars cases the place Provo was allegedly requested to confront paparazzi and eliminate books associated to distinguished Black figures, amongst different discriminatory actions.
Regardless of elevating issues about these points, he was met with dismissive responses and finally terminated for refusing to adjust to West’s calls for. “Plaintiff refused to shave his head, and because of this thereof, his employment was terminated,” the criticism states.
Provo is searching for damages for discrimination, retaliation, labor code violations, and extra. He needs to carry West accountable for his actions and stop him from working academic colleges for minors in California.
These allegations add to the present lawsuit from former worker Trevor Phillips, who accused West of hateful rhetoric and mistreatment inside Donda Academy.
West, has but to answer this newest lawsuit.
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