Kanye West is facing a serious legal challenge as model Jenifer An has filed a lawsuit claiming alleged sexual assault and alleged strangulation dating back to 2009 on the set of La Roux’s music video for “In For The Kill.”

According to NME, the lawsuit was initiated in a New York federal court on November 22, where An claims that West’s alleged behavior during the shoot was not only inappropriate but severely harmful.

This lawsuit arrives amid a wave of legal troubles for West, who has recently been sued by several former employees for various allegations, including an alleged hostile work environment, alleged wrongful termination and alleged harassment.

West allegedly “staged his own production” during the shoot, directed the camera crew to focus on An before allegedly choking her and allegedly engaging in disturbing acts that he described as “art.”

The lawsuit details that he allegedly used both hands to allegedly strangle her and allegedly employed explicit gestures mimicking forced oral sex while making statements such as, “This is art. This is fucking art. I am like Picasso.”

An claims that she allegedly struggled to breathe during the encounter and was left in a distressed state afterwards.

Universal Music Group is named as a co-defendant, accused of allegedly facilitating West’s appearance in the video without allegedly conducting an adequate investigation following the alleged incident. An is seeking both compensatory and punitive damages.

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