Kanye West is facing legal action for failing to pay workers for his live opera show.
The
43-year-old rapper is accused of paying staff "unpaid wages" and
"failure to pay the minimum wage and overtime", demanding $1 million
(£770,100) in compensation. Is.
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Founder - who accepted his bid for the US presidency last night, premiered the
opera at the 17,500-capacity Hollywood Bowl last year, just weeks after the
release of his Jesus Ice King album.
According
to documents obtained by The Blast, a group of employees at Kanye and Promoters
Live Nation are being prosecuted’ with a hair assistant accusing those working
on the production of being "unpaid." Wages, fixed salary, damages,
civil penalties, legal penalties and "lawyer's fees and expenses".
He
claimed that his day rate was paid’ late along with other fees, and that
employees were charged’ for collecting checks.
Meanwhile,
it has been further alleged that the gold digger hitmaker "failed to pay
adequate compensation" to dozens of employees, including several actors
from his show.
The
documents state that "defendants monitored, controlled and operated the
production, and enraged employees worked long hours on production and were not
paid on time for their work, or not paid at all." "The documents
state.
Kanye
and his team have not yet publicly responded to the lawsuit, which was filed in
August by tech company My Channel Inc. after it filed a $20 million (£15.4
million) claim. Who claimed to have "stolen" his technology for his
Sunday service concert
He
is accused’ of demanding that Michael Chanel Inc. work for six months without
pay, while promising to invest $10 million (£7.7 million) in the company.
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