The biggest controversial personality in Hollywood is nowhere to be found as his former business manager tries to locate him to find a lawsuit against him.
On Wednesday, December 27, rumors erupted about the Flashing Lights singer, who has been in the news for the last few months for his back-to-back controversial takes on social media.
According to The Sun, Ye’s former business manager is filing a lawsuit against him and his company, Yeezy, for alleged unpaid fees.
“In the December 19, 2022, court filing exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, Thomas is seeking an extension of time to serve Ye and the other defendant, Yeezy LLC, the court docs,” The Sun reported.
“He and his attorneys are asking to extend the time until the end of March due to multiple failed attempts to contact Ye.”
“As of right now, there is a scheduled case management conference set for April 2023.”
The Donda musician was last spotted in public on December 18 while taking his kids to the church.
The news went viral on social media after Daily Loud tweeted about Ye being missing for several days.
“Kanye West has reportedly been missing and unable to find for weeks, according to his ex-business manager,” the tweet read.
“Where could he be,” they continued in comments.
Thomas St. John told the court that he has been unable to notify West about the filing, and reportedly, he couldn’t even reach out to his lawyers because maybe the rapper still needs to get a lawyer.
The court filing stated: “We were advised about a new law firm for defendants, but not a specific point of contact. We subsequently learned of information in the news that the law firm identified as new counsel was not affiliated with the defendants.”
“Accordingly, we have not been able to serve defendants through their counsel. As a general matter, we have had difficulty confirming the best current address of Kanye West.”
“For Mr. West, despite our diligent efforts, we were unable to ascertain his current residential address, and therefore, have not yet made attempts to serve him personally. Instead, we have attempted to service him by mail at multiple possible addresses.”
According to the court documents, the ex-manager attempted to serve Kanye at three different addresses in California, Malibu, and Calabasas. However, the package he sent to one of his addresses was returned.
“We will continue to make diligent and reasonable attempts to serve defendants, even going as far as hiring “appropriate agencies” to help them locate him,” Thomas and his team told the court.
The documents stated that the musician didn’t pay his ex-business manager for nearly 18 months of his work while he served him as his senior financial advisor and chief financial officer.
“He was supposed to get paid $300K per month but only ended up working three months, which he allegedly did not receive payments for, court docs claim.”
The business manager also mentioned in his complaint that when he confronted the Praise God singer in January 2022, he became aggressive and shouted at him.
The lawsuit claimed: “When confronted by the 18-month commitment that had just been made, Mr. West stated words to the effect of ‘The 18-month term was bulls**t’ and ‘You’re insane for even thinking I would stick to it.'”
The Sun report states that Thomas sued $4.5 million for damages, which includes the $900K he was allegedly owed for his work and the remaining months he was guaranteed per the contract.
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Sources: The Sun – Daily Loud
