Kanye West accused of sexually assaulting and strangling model

Kanye ‘Ye’ West has been at the center of several recent lawsuits, including complaints from former employees accusing him of abuse, as well as an amended suit last month filed by a former assistant accusing him of sexual assault. 

Now, he is being accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit that alleges he strangled a model on a music video set in 2010. 

The rapper shoved his fingers in her mouth in what the suit refers to as “pornographic gagging,” according to NBC, which had access to the document. 

The incident occurred at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, according to a federal lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

The model, Jenifer An, was a background performer for another musician’s video that Ye was guest-starring in, the suit says. 

Ye reportedly "ordered the female background actors/models, including Plaintiff, to line up in the hallway." He then "evaluated their appearances, pointed to two of the women, and then commanded them to follow him,” the suit says. 

The lawsuit alleges that Ye then pointed at An and said: “Give me the Asian girl.” 

An, who was wearing “revealing lingerie,” felt uncomfortable but went with him to a suite with a couch and a camera, it says. 

“Defendant West then ordered the production team to start the playback music. However, Defendant West did not know his assigned lyrics and instead rambled, ‘Rawr, rawr, rawr,’” the suit says. “Defendant West then pulled two chairs near the camera, positioned them across from each other, and instructed Plaintiff to sit in the chair in front of the camera.” 

The suit alleges that Ye stood “towering over” An and “began to choke Plaintiff with one hand.” 

“He then wrapped his other hand around her neck and continued to