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La Roux Messages and New Witness Statements Filed in Model’s Sexual-Assault Suit Against Kanye West

The filing aims to counter West’s First Amendment bid to dismiss by characterizing the alleged on‑set acts as nonconsensual conduct outside protected expression.

Overview

  • Jennifer An’s legal team filed an opposition on March 10–11 attaching five exhibits that they say corroborate her 2010 assault claim on a La Roux video set.
  • Screenshots of a 2024 Instagram exchange show La Roux telling An, “I could never forget that, it was horrific,” adding she asked that any footage never be used and that West threatened her career.
  • Makeup artist Liz Martins submitted a signed statement saying she saw West force his fingers into An’s mouth and tell her to “Suck on them,” noting the act was not scripted.
  • An affirmation from on‑set witness Michelle An says she did not see fingers in the plaintiff’s mouth from her vantage point but observed West moving his thumb across the outside of An’s mouth; investigator reports say other crew recalled fingers in the mouth.
  • West moved in January to dismiss the suit as protected artistic expression; An sued in 2024 under New York City’s Gender Motivated Violence Protection Act and the court has not yet ruled on dismissal.