Overview
- This week Kanye West filed a motion asking the court to block a large compilation of social-media posts from evidence in Benjamin Provo’s workplace discrimination suit.
- The filing attaches a 919-page exhibit that the plaintiff plans to use and that the defense says includes posts such as an Instagram photo of a Nazi robe and X posts reading “I’m a Nazi” and “I love Hitler.”
- Kanye’s lawyers argue many entries cannot be authenticated, some were published before or after Provo’s employment, and several came from third-party or parody accounts rather than verified Ye accounts.
- Provo’s 2024 complaint alleges that Donda Academy managers treated Black staff worse than white staff, ordered Provo to cut his locs or be fired, and that white employees were paid about $5 more per hour.
- A judge must decide admissibility before the trial later this year, a ruling that could shape whether jurors hear the posts as evidence of pattern or whether the defense keeps the case focused on conduct at the school.