{"id":153365,"date":"2022-12-10T01:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T01:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yeezy-hit-with-new-lawsuit-and-tax-liens\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T01:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T01:24:18","slug":"yeezy-hit-with-new-lawsuit-and-tax-liens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yeezy-hit-with-new-lawsuit-and-tax-liens\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeezy Hit With New Lawsuit and Tax Liens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rapper turned designer Kanye West, now known as \u201cYe,\u201d is in the hot seat again.<\/p>\n

In a new filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday, Brooklyn, NY-based creative Katelyn Mooney is alleging that West and his Yeezy brand owes her over $300,000 in damages and unpaid invoices related to a photo shoot she was hired to produce in September.<\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Mooney was hired by West on Sept. 11, 2022, as an independent contractor to produce a shoot on Sept. 13, 2022, for Yeezy’s new line of SHDZ sunglasses for an agreed amount of $110,000.<\/p>\n

The complaint stated that Mooney was hired to be fully responsible for every aspect of the photo shoot, including but not limited to hiring models, reserving studio space, procuring lighting, catering, pre-production and post-production. Once all assets were delivered to Yeezy on Sept. 14, 2022, Mooney submitted each invoice, as agreed.<\/p>\n

Mooney is now claiming that she has only received $15,000 from Yeezy and has tried to settle the matter amicably. Now, she wants the rest of what she’s owed.<\/p>\n

In the complaint, Mooney writes that she is a freelancer and mother of three. \u201cDue to Yeezy’s failure to timely pay her, she has had to take out a significant loan and max out her credit cards just to cover her rent and other bills,\u201d the complaint states. \u201cThis abuse of an independent freelancer was the exact type of exploitative conduct Freelance Isn’t Free Act (FIFA) was enacted to address.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mooney is seeking an award of \u201cno less than\u201d $110,000 for her original freelance production services, an additional $110,000 for Yeezy’s failure to pay and the breach of FIFA, plus $95,000 for \u201cbreach of contract\u201d and \u201cunjust enrichment.\u201d<\/p>\n