Former ‘ANTM’ Contestant Sues Kanye West For Sexual Assault & Strangulation

Not too long ago Kanye West was hit with a lawsuit in which he was accused of antisemitic behavior and weird sexual deviancy, but now, the College Dropout artist is facing more serious allegations as a former America’s Next Top Model contestant says that Kanye West sexually assaulted her.

According to Rolling Stone, Jennifer An filed a lawsuit in New York Federal Court Friday (Nov. 22), suing Kanye West for sexual assault and strangulation during an incident that took place back in 2010. In the legal filing, An says that the assault took place when she was working as a background actor for a video shoot for La Roux’s “In for the Kill.” She says that during the shoot, Kanye West arrived on set and bluntly stated, “Give me the Asian girl” before he got in her face while “breathing heavily” and actually instructed the camera crew to focus on her face while he turned the shoot into his “own production.”

That’s when things got disturbingly uncomfortable for everyone.

Per Rolling Stone:

“On camera, defendant West began to choke plaintiff with one hand. He then wrapped his other hand around her neck and continued to strangle her with both hands,” the lawsuit alleges. “He then rammed several fingers down her throat, continuously moved them in and out, and gagged her.”

An says West used his fingers “to emulate forced oral sex” as he allegedly screamed, “This is art. This is fucking art. I am like Picasso.” The lawsuit claims West assaulted An “in a manner similar to pornographic gagging/deep throat/BDSM fetishes.”

As she panicked under West’s “gyrating hand,” An says she looked around the room, hoping someone would intervene. She alleges no one helped her. “Plaintiff struggled to breathe and felt as if she had temporarily blacked out. When defendant West decided that he was finished with plaintiff, her face was covered in saliva and smeared makeup,” the lawsuit states.

We’re low-key surprised this wasn’t big news on social media even though it was only a few years old at the time.

While An is suing Kanye for the assault, she also names Universal Music Group as a co-defendant as they were behind Kanye’s cameo in the video and failed to investigate the incident afterwards or take any kind of action.

Jennifer An is suing for compensatory and punitive damages.