A significant authorized chapter has closed in Metro Boomin‘s sexual assault trial. After a year-long civil battle, a Los Angeles courtroom dominated within the famed music producer’s favor, discovering him not liable on all claims, and the producer is celebrating his main victory.
In keeping with PEOPLE, the trial centered on a lawsuit filed by Vanessa LeMaistre, a former pal of Metro Boomin, born Leland T. Wayne.
LeMaistre sued him in October 2024, alleging that he sexually assaulted and raped her throughout a 2016 encounter, which she claimed led to an aborted being pregnant. The lawsuit asserted that LeMaistre had been searching for a jury trial and damages after she claimed she “blacked out” after consuming alcohol, and awoke to Wayne allegedly raping her in a Beverly Hills lodge room.
The small print of the criticism obtained by PEOPLE painted a troubling image of the encounter. LeMaistre claimed she met Wayne within the spring of 2016 in Las Vegas whereas she was grieving over the dying of her nine-month-old son, Kamden. She alleged that they “developed a pleasant bond” and that she would go to him at his recording studio in California, searching for an “escape from the ache” of her loss.
The criticism detailed that in September 2016, after taking a shot of alcohol and half a bar of Xanax, she and Wayne sat on a sofa discussing their struggles with melancholy as Metro Boomin was allegedly going by means of a nasty breakup. LeMaistre claimed she then “blacked out” and subsequent remembered waking as much as Wayne allegedly raping her. She claimed she was “out and in of consciousness for an unknown period of time however awoke once more sooner or later to Wayne performing oral intercourse on her.”
Metro Boomin’s Sexual Assault Trial Comes To A Shut
Metro Boomin, 32, maintained his innocence from the start.
The case was extremely scrutinized, with a Los Angeles jury finally siding with the producer. After roughly an hour of deliberation, a panel unanimously decided that LeMaistre had “did not show” her claims.
Following the decision, Wayne launched a press release expressing reduction.
“I’m grateful and grateful to God that I can lastly put all of this nonsense behind me. Primarily based off of how I deal with others and signify myself, by no means in one million years would I’ve thought I may very well be accused of such a disgusting and heinous act,” Wayne stated. He famous the excessive private value of the trial: “In the present day I took a victory in courtroom however in actuality there’s a lengthy listing of losses I stacked up on this year-long means of clearing my title and repute. The very great amount of time and cash wasted, coupled with the incalculable amount of cash and alternatives that didn’t make it to me or my workforce throughout this time.”
The producer’s authorized victory, nonetheless, just isn’t the ultimate phrase. LeMaistre’s lead lawyer, Michael J. Willemin, confirmed that they plan to attraction the choice.
“Although the authorized system is commonly stacked towards survivors, our consumer confirmed unwavering fortitude all through this trial,” Willemin instructed PEOPLE. “We’re upset within the final result however are proud to signify Ms. LeMaistre and consider that the decision will finally be overturned on attraction.”
