Kanye West’s attorney claims rapper won’t speak to or pay him: report
An attorney representing Kanye West in an ongoing lawsuit is claiming the rapper is refusing to pay him â or even speak to him.
According to a new report from ABC 7, Brian Brumfield has requested to be relieved from representing West in his suit against an autograph dealer who accused the hitmaker of punching him.
Brumfield alleges in the docs that West terminated their working relationship on June 21.
An attorney representing Kanye West has asked to be relieved of representing the rapper in an ongoing lawsuit. Getty Images
Brian Brumfield claims West âwill not speak to counselâ and ârefuses to pay counsel as well,â per ABC 7. GC Images
âDefendant also will not speak to counsel and defendant refuses to pay counsel as well,â the documents allege, per ABC 7.
The hearing on Brumfield’s motion is scheduled for July 29.
Reps for Brumfield and West did not immediately respond to Page Sixâs requests for comment.
The original suit â filed on Jan. 10 by Justin Poplawski and his wife, Tiffany Marshall â accuses Ye of assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence regarding the alleged incident with Poplawski. Marshall further claims in the suit that she suffered a loss of consortium.
The attorney also alleges West terminated their working relationship on June 21. Getty Images For Balenciaga
West is currently facing a lawsuit from autograph dealer Justin Poplawski who is accusing the rapper of assault and battery among other charges. GC Images
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Poplawski, who claims heâs gotten Westâs autograph before, allegedly stopped the rapper outside of the Soho Warehouse social club on South Santa Fe Avenue in downtown Los Angeles in January 2022. Per the suit, West allegedly struck Poplawski on the scene.
When Poplawski allegedly asked for an apology, he claims the âGood Lifeâ artist told him, âApology for what?â and proceeded to hit Poplawski several more times, which he claims resulted in injury.
He alleges the rapper acted out of aggression as a result of his tumultuous divorce proceedings from Kim Kardashian at the time.
Poplawski alleges in court documents that West was aggressive at the time due to his tumultuous divorce proceedings with his now-ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. Getty Images
The news comes shortly after West and his current wife, Bianca Censori, were recently named in another lawsuit filed by a former Yeezy staffer. GC Images
The latest news comes shortly after West was named in another suit filed by a former Yeezy staffer earlier this month. The staffer alleges that the rapperâs new wife, Bianca Censori, sent NSFW materials to staff that were accessible to minors as they worked on the fashion designerâs latest endeavor: âYeezy Porn.â
Censori adamantly denied the allegations in a statement submitted to Page Six by West’s former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos.
âIâve been authorized by Bianca to stress that any allegation that she showed or caused to be shown any pornographic material to minors is offensive, disgusting, abhorrent and categorically and wholly false,â Yiannopoulos said in part in a statement on Monday, calling the allegations âthe most tragic and thirsty lie imaginable.â