Kanye West has returned to court to fight more legal battles — but this time around, he’s the plaintiff and not the defendant in the case.
Court documents obtained by Radar Online on Friday (April 28) reveal that Ye is making what the outlet is calling a “bombshell” move, choosing to countersue his former business manager, Thomas St. John, for $900,000 for what, he says, was a contract signed under duress.
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In his paperwork, the “Through the Wire” rapper claimed that he was sleep-deprived and stressed thanks to his then-impending divorce from reality star Kim Kardashian, thus leaving him in a less-than-ideal frame of mind to enter into a contract of any sort.
“By 2022, Ye’s artistic and professional career took a turn for the worse as a result of his various antics and public statements. Ye needed guidance from a respected, sophisticated business manager who could right the ship and guide his career going forward,” read the paperwork, thus substantiating the claim that the contract was unenforceable and pursued through “constructive fraud.”
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St. John sued West in 2022 for breach of contract, demanding the courts pay him upwards of $4.5 million after, he alleges, that Kanye West reneged on paying him a promised $300,000 a month to manage the Yeezy affairs. The contract, which was supposed to be enforceable for 18 months, was abruptly terminated after only three months, which prompted St. John to file the suit.
This isn’t the only legal battle that West is currently fighting.
Earlier this month, TMZ obtained a copy of a lawsuit filed by two Black women who are suing the “Jesus Walks” rapper’s embattled school for allegedly firing them on the basis of their race.
The two women, whose names have not been released, have also claimed that they were fired because they reported education, safety, and health code violations to the authorities.
“The women say the only lunch option available for students is sushi, every single day, and students are not allowed to bring any outside food or drink, except for water,” TMZ claimed in its report.
The sushi snafu is just the first of many violations that the two women have alleged in their lawsuit. Others include Kanye West’s alleged refusal to allow classes to take place on the second floor “because he’s afraid of stairs” and that no one was allowed to wear jewelry simply because West didn’t like it.
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It is also alleged that both children and teachers alike were not allowed to sit in chairs, thus forcing them to either use foam cushions, and stools, or simply stand throughout class.
Additionally, it is claimed that students were forced to wear black from head to toe — with Nike and adidas brands of shoes strictly forbidden — that students were physically locked outside during the school day, and that students weren’t allowed to go outside until it was time to return home.
And though the exact amount of the lawsuit wasn’t made clear in the report, the two women are alleging that they were shorted up to $2,700 per check, per pay period.
