Kanye West's Ex Staffer Wants to Block Kanye From Using Insanity as a Defense in Legal Battle
TMZ • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Benjamin Provo, a former staffer at Kanye West’s Donda Academy, is seeking a court order to prevent Kanye from using an "unsound mind" defense in their discrimination lawsuit.
- Provo argues that Kanye has not provided any medical records or expert testimony to support claims of mental instability and previously indicated during deposition that he was of sound mind during the relevant events.
- During deposition, Kanye denied firing Provo over his dreadlocks and admitted to preferring a uniform look among employees, while Provo alleges he was discriminated against due to his hairstyle and experienced harsher treatment compared to White employees.
- Kanye is also attempting to exclude evidence related to his controversial social media posts praising Nazi and Hitler from the court proceedings.
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