Kanye West Being Sued for Assault

By Boombox Editors Posted Jan 7th 2011 12:10AM

A photographer has brought a new lawsuit against Kanye West after reportedly sustaining injuries from a scuffle with the rapper's security team almost three years ago.

Michael Vasquez claims that the assault took place during a May 2008 party in New York. West was on hand to perform at the event, during which Vasquez claims that "his agents, servants and/or employees acting in the course and within the scope of their employment, detained and/or threatened and/or caused plaintiff to suffer injuries."

Vasquez, 44, went on to say, "The assault and battery was committed by the defendant, West, [his] agents, servants and/or employees, with malice" and caused him "physical, mental and emotional illness."

According to the New York Post, police confirm that Vasquez did file a report hours after the incident, detailing that his cell phone and camera had been confiscated from him during the scuffle.

Police threw out the original case after finding that the "complaint was unfounded." Vasquez is now seeking an unspecified amount of monetary compensation for his suffering.

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Friday 07 January

By tz

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who the hell is kane west?

By Sekinu2

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He's a nobody who has an ego so big he thinks he is god. He is just a wack entertainer who wants to be seen as great but only liked by kids and people who don't like real hip hop or music.Hope he looses

By OfAlaska

Him so tough and him so cool, him don' havta go to school, pound his chest and start to drool, wear junk jewelery like a fool, jus' another hip-hop tool!

Sunday 09 January

By i_farted

kanye is an idiot who makes all of the black race look bad. me being a black female i get so disgusted with this jerk but at the same time, waiting three years to sue is just stupid. throw the case out and still brand kanye as the biggest jerk on earth

By frank

big bad fat mouth thug. Real brave when he has his bodyguards there to back him up. He only beats up hos one on one

By TurboHugh

Jealousy .. sounds like you have it..

By toneyzippy

he looks gay

he is a gay baboon...

By GEORGIE

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HE IS NOT A THUG JUST CUZ HE RAPS DOESN'T MAKE NOT HIM ONE JUST LIKE ALL ROCKER ARE NOT COKE HEADS BUT ANYWAYS HE PROBABLY DESERVED IT THOSE TYPE OF PPL ARE ALWAYS PROVOKING STARS KANYE WEST SMH

all rappers are ghetto thugs. le'kayne a star??? lolol he's a thug bully who beats up hos.

I'm surprised that queen latifat allows her picture to be taken. she has nothing to smile about being morbidly obese.

By dave

what a punk

send him to rikers island,they will straighten him out,or bend him over

By M BUCKS

THROW THIS LOOSER IN JAIL

By nobody.com

Where were Taylor Swift's bodygaurds when Kanye Puffcheek West took her mic?!

By KC

Hate this guy, hope they throw the book at him.

By fredpa

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He should be thrown in jail for his abject lack of talent. It borders on consumer fraud.

By tiger

What is it with a guy 66 inches tall going around thinking he's tough?.....Must have big bodyguards.

By Callie

Go 'pop a pill' and f*** your daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, fathers and maybe even your own MAMA!!!! Don't 'wanna be' but damn sure seem to be trying.(get mt drift?)

By Teri

You can take the thug out of the ghetto, but............

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