Ye—the artist formerly known as Kanye West—is being sued by a former bodyguard for alleged unpaid wages. The suit is only the most recent of the artist’s legal woes. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the plaintiff, Jonathan Monroe, is seeking nearly $900,000. A former complaint filed in October 2024 reveals Monroe was hired as a full-time security guard in 2021, where he worked anywhere between 36 and 50 hours per week until he was “let go.”
Monroe argued that Ye made several labor code violations, including “misclassification of him as an independent contractor, unpaid overtime, and unlawful withholding of wages.” He also alleged that he was wrongfully terminated for “engaging in a protected activity.” Per the court documents filed on April 7, Monroe’s legal team requested a judgment against the rapper for exactly $849,747.94, which includes $7,725 for unpaid overtime, $37,620 in lost wages, $500,000 in lost earnings, $100,000 for his pain and suffering, as well as $100,000 in punitive damages.
UK Parliament Member Speaks Out Against Kanye Ban
Aside from his legal woes, Kanye West is dealing with other contentions. The artist was recently barred from entering the UK. Prior to that, he was expected to headline London’s Wireless Festival, which was subsequently cancelled following backlash. While many of West’s critics were happy with the decision, others, like UK Parliament Member Nigel Farage, claim it could lead to a slippery slope. While he doesn’t support West’s past anti-Semitic behavior, he believes that barring individuals from entering the country for their views is a “dangerous path” to go down.
“I think that for myself, I wouldn’t buy a ticket, I wouldn’t recommend anyone buys a ticket,” Farage says. “I think his comments are vile, really vile, the sort of rabbit hole of anti-semitism stroke nazism that he’s gone down is vile. But I think if we start banning people from entering the country because we don’t like what they say, I worry where that ends up.” He added, “If Keir Starmer was to ban people coming into Britain with whose views he doesn’t like, almost nobody would be allowed in. So, I think there’s a dangerous path to go down.”
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