Metro Boomin has been sued for sexual assault. A 38-year-old lady named Vanessa LeMaistre filed a lawsuit within the Superior Courtroom of Los Angeles County on Tuesday, October 29 in opposition to the hip-hop producer, whose authorized identify is Leland Tyler Wayne.
Courtroom paperwork obtained by TMZ lay out the occasions that allegedly transpired after LeMaistre met Wayne in Las Vegas within the spring of 2016 – not lengthy after the dying of her 9-month-old son. “When Wayne invited Ms. LeMaistre to go to him at recording studios in California, the place she lived, she was glad for the chance to observe him work as a result of she was keen about music, however extra importantly as a result of music supplied an escape from the ache she was in after shedding her son,” the fsuit reads. “Devastatingly, nevertheless, assembly Wayne resulted in Ms. LeMaistre affected by the second worst factor that ever occurred to her — being raped by somebody who pretended to be her pal for months.”
LeMaistre claims to have visited Wayne’s studio a number of instances over the course of their friendship. Throughout a kind of visits in September 2016, LeMaistre had taken half of a Xanax tablet, which she used to deal with the grief of her son, and was “instantly given a shot of alcohol.” LeMaistre says that she misplaced consciousness and “wakened on a mattress with Wayne on prime of her.” She alleges that she “misplaced consciousness once more and wakened in some unspecified time in the future later to Wayne performing oral intercourse on her.”
“At no level throughout this encounter was Ms. LeMaistre in a position to consent to any sexual exercise, and Wayne’s conduct with out query constituted rape and sexual assault,” the submitting reads. It additionally factors to lyrics from ‘Rap Saved Me’, Metro Boomin’s 2017 collaboration with 21 Savage, Offset, and Quavo, which embrace the strains: “She took a Xanny, then she fainted/ I’m from the gutter, ain’t no altering/ From the gutter, rap saved me/ She drive me loopy, have my child.”
A couple of weeks later, LeMaistre found she was pregnant. She selected to terminate the being pregnant in November 2016.
Responding to the allegations (through TMZ), Metro Boomin’s lawyer, Lawrence C. Hinkle II, wrote: “This can be a pure shakedown. These are false accusations. Mr. Wayne refused to pay her months in the past, and he refuses to pay her now. Mr. Wayne will defend himself in court docket. He’ll file a declare for malicious prosecution as soon as he prevails.”
LeMaistre’s attorneys, Michael J. Willemin and Monica Hincken, and Omar H. Bengali and Robert J. Girard II, mentioned in their very own assertion: “Metro Boomin has constructed a profitable profession with lyrics and social media that aren’t solely offensive but in addition explicitly define his intentions to hurt girls. These are greater than mere phrases, and it’s time for him to be held accountable for his manipulative ways and unacceptable habits.”
