LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A choose as we speak accepted Ye’s removing of a discoveryreferee the choose solely not too long ago appointed to observe the trade ofinformation in a lawsuit introduced by a former Donda Academy worker who alleges the rapper typically handled him in a disparate manner as a result of the plaintiff, like Ye, is Black.
Los Angeles Superior Courtroom Kerry Bensinger accepted the rapper’schallenge to retired Decide Stephanie Bowick. Though Bowick was acceptable to plaintiff Benjamin Deshon Provo, Ye’s attorneys maintained she is prejudiced.
Bensinger gave the attorneys the selection of one other retired choose,Craig Karlan, or legal professional Barbara Reeves, as the brand new discovery referee. Thejudge directed Provo’s attorneys to test on the candidates’ availability.
Throughout a Could 27 listening to, Bensinger stated appointing a referee wasnecessary to assist the events by way of their discovery disagreements, addingthat it’s obvious to him based mostly on what he has seen to date that the opposingattorneys “can’t talk with one another in an affordable and amicablemanner.”
Provo’s Los Angeles Superior Courtroom lawsuit additionally names as defendants Ye’s academy in addition to his firm, Yeezy LLC. The swimsuit filed in April 2024 states that Provo was employed in August 2021 as a safety guard on the academyfounded by Ye, previously generally known as Kanye West.
Provo alleges Ye, now 48, additionally chided him for styling his hair in keeping with the plaintiff’s Muslim faith, forcing Provo to wrestle with sustaining his self-identity.
Provo was ultimately fired for not following Ye’s hair edict, in keeping with the swimsuit, which additionally alleges that Ye banned books about such well-known Black civil rights figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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