Kanye West faces a lawsuit from a safety guard named Jonathan Monroe, who says the rapper by no means paid him for the hours he labored for him – and fired him when he requested to be paid.
In authorized docs reviewed Tuesday by TMZ, Monroe stated West, 47, advised him in August of 2021 he would pay him a $30 hourly wage to offer safety at a Malibu, California dwelling he unsuccessfully tried to renovate.
Monroe stated in authorized docs that he racked up between 36-50 hours weekly working for the Grammy-winning artist, whose profession has dipped amid a torrent of anti-Semitic remarks he is made because the fall of 2022 .
Monroe advised the court docket he was by no means paid a penny for his work and time, and in October of 2021 had been fired from the job after complaining concerning the lack of fee.
Monroe is suing West for unpaid wages, curiosity on the sum and punitive damages within the swimsuit, which comes three years after the short-lived gig.
Kanye West, 47, faces a lawsuit from a safety guard named Jonathan Monroe, who says the rapper by no means paid him for the hours he labored for him – and fired him when he requested to be paid. Pictured in LA in Might
Monroe stated West advised him in August of 2021 he would pay him a $30 hourly wage to offer safety at a Malibu, California dwelling he unsuccessfully tried to renovate
In July, West lastly offloaded his Malibu mansion after slashing the asking price by a whopping $14 million.
The ultimate value the mansion offered for was estimated as round $21 million, TMZ reported.
The Heartless rapper initially bought the house in 2021 which was designed by Japanese architect, Tadao Ando. Photos published in June showed the beachfront home completely gutted with no home windows.
In on-line data obtained by TMZ, West’s mansion went into escrow in July. The property – which has 4 bedrooms and 5 bogs – was initially listed for $53 million, however in April of this 12 months, the music artist lower down the asking value astronomically to $39 million.
West started building work however didn’t full undertaking on the 4,000 sq. foot dwelling, which sits adjoining to the Pacific Ocean.
One of many staff that had been employed to assist intestine the abode advised The New Yorker in June that West had needed to create a ‘bomb shelter’ and his ‘Batcave.’
Kulapat Yantrasat – an architect – additionally advised the publication, ‘To be trustworthy, he didn’t like the home – he didn’t like the inside.’
Initially, the mansion – which has no plumbing or electrical energy – had been painted a white shade on the again portion and contained floor-to-ceiling home windows on every degree.
West, seen in February in Milan, is being sued for unpaid wages, curiosity on the sum and punitive damages within the swimsuit, which comes three years after the short-lived gig
In on-line data obtained by TMZ, West’s mansion went into escrow this previous summer season
Photographs taken in July revealed that the glass home windows had been taken out, leaving a transparent view of the empty, concrete partitions and flooring
The Grammy-winning artist notably introduced Promoting Sundown realtor Jason Oppenheim into the fold in his effort to promote the house late final 12 months, TMZ beforehand reported in April
Photographs snapped in July revealed that the glass home windows had been taken out, leaving a transparent view of the empty, concrete partitions and flooring.
West notably introduced Promoting Sundown realtor Jason Oppenheim into the fold in his effort to promote the house late final 12 months, TMZ beforehand reported in April.
Oppenheim advised the outlet that he was optimistic on the possibilities of promoting the distressed property within the high-end space, likening the abode to ‘principally a clean canvas’ for potential purchasers.
The Carnival artist, who purchased the house for $57 million in late 2021, was beforehand unable to rework it right into a ‘bomb shelter’ after getting famed Japanese architect Ando concerned within the reworking course of.
The lawsuit from Monroe is the newest in various complications linked to West’s ill-fated undertaking for the house within the upscale Southern California seashore city.
West was additionally sued by the previous supervisor of the transform undertaking, Tony Saxon, who claims he was fired after he ‘expressed issues concerning the excessive hazard’ of the undertaking.
In September 2023, sources advised TMZ that West needed to take away the home windows and electrical energy from the house to be able to flip it into ‘a bomb shelter from the 1910s.’
In Saxon’s lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom, he acknowledged that he was employed for the undertaking in September 2021, and labored 16-hour days on the seashore home.
In September 2023, sources advised TMZ that West needed to take away the home windows and electrical energy from the house to be able to flip it into ‘a bomb shelter from the 1910s’
He claimed he was sleeping on the ground of the house as he labored as ‘undertaking supervisor, caretaker and 24/7 safety’ for the property.
Saxon alleged that West solely paid him for one week of labor and ignored all his issues, till lastly he was fired in November 2021, after refusing to take away the house’s home windows and electrical energy.
Within the lawsuit, Saxon stated the rapper’s imaginative and prescient for the house was to make one thing like ‘a bomb shelter from the 1910s’, in accordance with NBC News, and demolish the marble bogs, in addition to take away the home windows, plumbing and electrical energy.
He additionally reportedly needed to switch the steps with slides.
Saxon reportedly sued West for various labor code violations, greater than $1 million in unpaid wages, and damages.
‘We have been going to be gutting all of that out and form of constructing him a Bat Cave,’ Saxon defined, including the rapper needed a spot he may ‘conceal from the Clintons in and the Kardashians in.’
Whereas Saxon believed the house was extra of an ‘artwork undertaking’ he later got here to understand West truly needed to stay in it.
He stated West ‘needed no electrical energy. He solely needed vegetation. He solely needed candles. He solely needed battery lights. And he simply needed to have the whole lot open and darkish.’