Kanye West dismisses sexual harassment allegations against him as “baseless”, announces plans to countersue for “sexual coercion”

nme.com:

Kanye West has dismissed the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by his former assistant as “baseless”.Lauren Pisciotta filed the lawsuit against the rapper yesterday (June 4), claiming he created a hostile work environment due to multiple inappropriate text messages he sent her during her employment.

She also accused West of locking her in a room with him and masturbating next to her, amongst other instances of alleged sexual harassment.Now, West has responded to the claims in a statement made to Rolling Stone via his legal representative.

His representative has called Pisciotta’s accusations “baseless”. West apparently has plans to countersue Pisciotta, according to the publication.“She was terminated for being unqualified, demanding unreasonable sums of money (including a $4 million annual salary) and numerous documented incidents of her lascivious, unhinged conduct,” the statement continued, further claiming that Pisciotta offered West sex on his birthday and sending him “unsolicited nude images.”The statement also alleged it was “well documented” that Pisciotta used “sexual coercion” to demand “not only money by material items”, such as a Hermes Himalayan Diamond Birkin bag, a Lamborghini, and plastic surgery.The representative also claimed Pisciotta engaged in “blackmail and extortion” after West denied her sexual advances, apparently demanding $60million from the rapper last year.