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It's Wednesday, April 3 and welcome to Billboard News. Kanye West and Taylor Swift are in the news and yet somehow it feels like every day of my life. Let's start with this main story.
Ye's legal problems continue to grow when another former employee sues him. We have the details. A lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 2, paints a disturbing picture of Ye's Donda Academy, an educational institution that opened and closed in 2022. A former Donda Academy employee, Trevor Phillips, paints a picture of a sexually abusive environment. He alleges in the lawsuit that West summoned him to a room at the Nobu Hotel where the rapper played 'The Batman' and watched in silence. He claims that after a long, awkward silence, Kanye finally spoke up and went on an unprovoked bigoted rant, attacking Jews and later that night he would simulate masturbation while talking about having orgies. But it's not just the staff who suffer from this supposedly uncomfortable environment. Philips claimed that Ye told students to shave their heads and that he intended to put a jail at the school where students could be locked in cages. We reached out to Ye for comment but did not receive a response at the time of recording. We'll continue to follow this story as it develops, but be sure to check back. billboard.com for the last one.
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