RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Ye (formerly Kanye West ) has reached a settlement with an ex-staff member who accused him of widespread sexual misconduct.
According to a Tuesday (July 28) filing in Los Angeles court, Ye has agreed to unconditionally settle the entire lawsuit brought against him by former employee Lauren Pisciotta. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. In response to an inquiry on Wednesday (July 29), Pisciotta’s attorney Arick Fudali only told Billboard , “The matter has been resolved.”
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Reps for Ye did not immediately return a request for comment on the settlement.
Pisciotta worked for Ye between 2021 and 2023, first in A&R for his chart-topping album Donda and then later in the roles of both personal assistant and chief of staff for his various companies, including his Yeezy fashion line. She sued for sexual harassment in 2024, alleging the rapper frequently propositioned her for sex, sent graphic text messages and once masturbated in front of her while locking her in a room during a private jet flight.
Last year, Pisciotta amended her lawsuit to add even more serious allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking. She claimed that Ye “groped her on a regular basis,” once attempted to penetrate her with his fingers and another time “orally raped her without her consent.”
“Ye recruited and enticed plaintiff by making fraudulent promises of career advancement in exchange for plaintiff’s acquiescence to Ye’s sexual contact, and used force and coercion to obtain compliance with his sexual demands by engendering a fear that refusing Ye’s desires would be met with serious consequences such as public humiliation, online harassment, termination, retaliation and violence,” read Pisciotta’s reworked lawsuit in July 2025.
Reps for Ye responded by calling the claims “outrageous” and “demonstrably false.” In a July 2025 statement to Billboard , the rapper’s spokesperson said, “The courts are no place to indulge delusions and mental disturbances.”
“We stand ready to annihilate Ms. Pisciotta’s tall tales before a jury — an exoneration so inevitable that even she, lost in her fog of fantasy, must surely see it coming,” added Ye’s spokesperson in the statement last summer.
Ye and his companies have been sued by numerous former employees in the last several years over claims ranging from hostile work environments to unpaid wages. The litigation onslaught coincided with Ye’s reputation and career becoming marred by racist and antisemitic outbursts . He recently apologized for this behavior in a full-page Wall Street Journal ad, citing an untreated head injury.
In the first of these lawsuits to go to trial this past spring, a former construction manager at Ye’s Malibu mansion won a $140,000 jury verdict for on-the-job injuries. Ye has settled with some former employees, including Pisciotta and teachers at his now-shuttered private school Donda Academy. Other lawsuits remain pending.
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