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Key Takeaways:
- The civil trial facilities on a 2016 sexual assault allegation in opposition to Metro Boomin in Los Angeles.
- Vanessa LeMaistre claims she was drugged and assaulted after taking Xanax and consuming alcohol at Metro’s studio.
- The case contains Ayahuasca-related testimony, references to 21 Savage lyrics and a $3.7 million damages declare.
The sexual assault trial involving Metro Boomin is now underway. On Tuesday (Sept. 23), the producer appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom over allegations introduced by Vanessa LeMaistre, who claims she awoke to the “Trance” producer raping her.
In accordance with LeMaistre, she met Metro (whose actual identify is Leland Wayne) in Las Vegas in 2016 and later visited him at his studio in Los Angeles on a number of events. Round that point, she mentioned that she had confided in him about shedding her 9-month-old son, Advanced famous.
On the night time in query, LeMaistre recalled taking half a Xanax and “a couple of sips” of alcohol on the studio earlier than falling asleep. She then claimed she later awakened in a special location, on a mattress, with the beatmaker on prime of her.
After the alleged incident, LeMaistre mentioned that one in every of Metro’s staff drove her again to the studio, the place her automotive was parked. “I really thought that rape was what you see on TV, stranger hazard, any person comes up and abducts you,” she mentioned.
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Metro’s protection workforce has denied the allegations. His lawyer, Lawrence Hinkle, mentioned LeMaistre pursued the case out of greed and since his shopper “stopped giving her consideration after the final time that they had intercourse.”
“We’re right here as a result of she thought my shopper may remedy her monetary issues,” Hinkle informed the courtroom. “So, she made a declare that he sexually assaulted her, anticipating that he would simply write a examine to make all of it go away rapidly and quietly.” Metro, who’s standing trial “to publicly clear his identify,” is predicted to testify in his personal protection, alongside two professional witnesses.
LeMaistre is suing for damages between $3.4 million and $3.7 million. Authorized journalist Meghann Cuniff reported that LeMaistre additionally desires the lawsuit to “go viral” by having folks tag each Metro and 21 Savage’s social media accounts. For context, her submitting cited the London-born rapper’s verse on “Rap Saved Me” from 2017’s With out Warning.
“She took a Xanny, then she fainted / I’m from the gutter, ain’t no altering / From the gutter, rap saved me / She drive me loopy, have my child,” 21 Savage’s lyrics included within the grievance learn. The trial is predicted to come back to verdict by Friday (Sept. 26).