{"id":138283,"date":"2022-11-24T22:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/adidas-to-investigate-claims-kanye-west-showed-pornography-to-staff-kanye-west-2\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T22:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:11:57","slug":"adidas-to-investigate-claims-kanye-west-showed-pornography-to-staff-kanye-west-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/adidas-to-investigate-claims-kanye-west-showed-pornography-to-staff-kanye-west-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adidas to investigate claims Kanye West showed pornography to staff | Kanye West"},"content":{"rendered":"
The sportswear giant Adidas is to launch an independent investigation into of misconduct made this week against the US rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, including that he showed pornography to staff at company meetings.<\/p>\n
The claims by unidentified staff at Yeezy and Adidas, surfaced in a Rolling Stone article on Tuesday, included that the musician, who has changed his name to Ye, showed an intimate picture of his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, in job interviews , and that his \u201cproblematic behavior\u201d was overlooked by Adidas management.<\/p>\n
Staff included in a letter to Adidas obtained by the outlet included claims that Adidas \u201cturned their morale compass off\u201d and failed to protect employees from \u201cyears of verbal abuse, vulgar tirades, and bullying attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n
Adidas said in a statement on Thursday that \u201cit is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true\u201d but that it took the claims \u201cvery seriously\u201d and had \u201ctaken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the\u201d.<\/p>\n
The sportswear brand initially said it would not \u201cdiscuss private conversations, details or events that lead to our decision to terminate the Adidas Yeezy partnership\u201d but it had \u201cbeen and continue[d] to be actively engaged in conversations with our employees about the events that led to our decision to end the partnership\u201d.<\/p>\n
In one alleged 2017 incident, Ye yelled at a senior female member of the design team that a Yeezy sneaker was not up to standards. West reportedly looked down at his foot, and up at the employee, and said: \u201cI want you to make me a shoe I can fuck.\u201d<\/p>\n
Analysts estimate that the Yeezy partnership accounts for 7% of the group’s revenue. Adidas has said it believes losing Yeezy will halve its expected profits this year. It is not yet clear if Adidas will continue to sell the designs, which the company owns, without Yeezy’s logo, which it does not.<\/p>\n
The decision to launch an inquiry comes after one of Adidas’ largest shareholders, Union Investment, demanded clarity about the alleged incidents. Last month Adidas abandoned a licensing and design contract with Ye after he made antisemitic threats.<\/p>\n
Janne Werning, head of ESG capital markets and stewardship at Union Investment, which holds a 1% stake in Adidas, told the Financial Times: \u201cAdidas needs to disclose when the management and the supervisory board was first informed about the internal statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The sportswear giant Adidas is to launch an independent investigation into of misconduct made this week against the US rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, including that he showed pornography to staff at company meetings. The claims by unidentified staff at Yeezy and Adidas, surfaced in a Rolling Stone article on Tuesday, included that the …<\/p>\n