A man alleges Kanye West punched him without warning at Chateau Marmont, knocking him unconscious and continuing the attack, according to a complaint
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NEED TO KNOW
- A lawsuit claims Kanye West punched a man at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood in 2024
- “Without warning, [West] punched [him] in the face,” according to the battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress complaint filed on Monday, March 13
- The man, who is identified as John Doe in the complaint, alleged the punch knocked him to the ground where “he hit his head and lost consciousness”
Kanye West has been accused of punching a man at the Chateau Marmont, the storied West Hollywood hotel long associated with Hollywood's elite.
According to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE, West, who now goes by Ye, approached a man at his table in the hotel's garden at around 11 p.m. on April 16, 2024.
“Without warning, [West] punched [him] in the face,” states the complaint, which was filed on Monday, March 13, and accuses West of battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The man, identified only as John Doe in the complaint, alleges the punch knocked him to the ground, where “he hit his head and lost consciousness.”
Per the complaint, West allegedly kept hitting the man while he was lying unconscious on the ground.
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The man claims he did nothing to provoke the attack and, in the days following the alleged incident, the rapper “falsely accused” him of “engaging in offensive and inappropriate conduct toward a woman in [West's] party,” according to the complaint.
According to the complaint, “the evidence, including video recordings from the scene, proves that [John Doe] did not engage in any inappropriate or offensive conduct with a woman in [West's] party, or anyone else.”
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In March, West was found liable by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury over unpaid wages and wrongful termination involving his $57 million Malibu mansion. His former project manager, Tony Saxon, claimed he wasn't paid, was seriously injured and was wrongfully terminated while working on West's home. Saxon initially asked for $1.7 million in compensatory damages, but the jury awarded him $140,000 with no additional punitive damages.
West has since filed a new motion asking a judge to overturn the jury's decision.
A representative for West could not be reached for comment on the allegations of punching in the most recent lawsuit.
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