Rapper Kanye West has reason to celebrate as the former business manager who sued him for over $4 million has dropped the lawsuit.
Explosion previously reported that West had been sued for allegedly failing to pay monthly fees, which he and former business manager Thomas St. John. St. John claims that the rapper became “aggressive” with him at the time during a business meeting.
Kanye West’s Ex-Business Manager Drops Lawsuit
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West is free of at least one legal drama. The rapper’s former business manager, St. John, has decided to drop his claim with prejudice. This means that St. John will not be able to file this case again in the future.
According to a legal document obtained by Explosionthe date of dismissal is recorded as January 2, 2024.
In the lawsuit St. John filed in 2022, he claims Kanye asked him to offer business management, accounting and taxation services in 2022. According to the statement, St. John, who serves as TSJ’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has “already been introduced to Yeezy’s business partners as ‘Ye’s business manager'” before March 30, 2022.
Adding, “Mr. St. John has already developed a business strategy for Yeezy negotiations with one of the main business partners (Kanye). By April 12, 2022, the representative of Mr. West introduced Mr. St. John to a business partner as ‘CFO of Donda,’ another entity Mr. West.”
The rapper dropped the St. John After Agreeing To Work Together For 18 Months
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St. John stated that they were authorized to begin working on a strategy for West at that time after receiving all of the rapper’s financial records.
The company, which allegedly turned down multiple opportunities because of West, agreed with the rapper that they would be given 18 months to work with him after initially asking for a two-year guarantee.
“In addition to the economic costs and risks associated with committing to the Defendant as a customer, the Plaintiff also needs assurances that the Defendant will not simply abandon the business relationship. Mr. St. John, however, proposed to compromise the agreement with a minimum term of 18 months,” the suit read at the time.
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After signing the agreement, St. John claims they have been retained “to act as Kanye’s ‘most senior financial advisor'” and will be a monthly retainer fee of $300,000.
According to St. John, West did not delay the deal and allegedly called a meeting shortly after signing the contract to reveal his intention to sever ties with the company.
“At this meeting, Mr. West became heated and aggressive. He yelled at Mr. St. John and explained that he no longer wanted to work with (St. John.) When confronted with the newly made 18-month commitment, Mr. West uttered words to the effect of ‘The 18 -month term is good—’ and ‘You’re crazy because thought I’d stick with it.’”
Kanye West Has Another Legal Issue
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Although he is free of legal fights with his former manager, West has other legal problems, including a lawsuit filed against him by a former contractor over his Malibu Mansion.
The “All of the Lights” rapper has been sued by Tony Saxon, for labor code violations and is allegedly owed more than $1 million in unpaid wages and damages.
Working as a “project manager, caretaker, and 24/7 security,” Saxon claims he spent 16 hours a day and slept on the floor to realize West’s dream of an all-purpose house that looked like “a bomb shelter from the 1910s. “
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According to Saxon, West ignored all of her safety concerns and fired her in November 2021 for refusing to remove electrical wiring and windows from the building.
“We’re going to tear it all down and build a building [West] Bat Cave,” which the rapper said could be used to “hide from the Clintons” and “The Kardashians,” Saxon said. NBC News in an interview.
“[West] don’t want electricity. He just wanted a plant. He just wanted a candle. He just wanted a battery light. And he just wanted everything to be open and dark,” he claimed.
Saxton added, “You can’t store food in that house because you don’t have a refrigerator anymore. You don’t have a window. I have seagulls flying in.”
The rapper plans to sell the Malibu Mansion for $53 million after buying it in 2021 for $57 million because the concrete walls were “too gray” for his taste.
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