Kanye West Faces Massive Lawsuit After Sharing Photos of Wife Bianca Censori
Kanye West is no stranger to legal trouble, and it seems the rapper is being hit with yet another lawsuit—this time to the tune of $1.5 million.
A copyright infringement suit filed by two celebrity photography companies on Thursday, August 8, in a California federal court, alleges that Ye used at least 10 photos without permission on his Instagram account and the Yeezy website.
As the USA Herald reported, BackGrid USA Inc. and and its British affiliate, Backgrid London Ltd, claim that the star's unauthorized use of the photos cost them “up to hundreds of thousands of dollars” in potential revenue.
The pics at the center of the lawsuit feature West and his wife, Bianca Censori. According to XXL, one of the photos shows West wearing all black, walking next to Censori, who wears a sheer outfit and holds a purple pillow. A second shot is of West and Censori at Milan's Nuova Arena Restaurant in February, while a third shows the couple shopping at the Balenciaga store.
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Most of the other lawsuits West has been faced with concern unauthorized sampling. According to federal court records, the rapper has been sued at least 14 times over claims of "unlicensed sampling (the use of a copyrighted sound recording) or interpolating (the use of a copyrighted composition)" in his music, as Billboard reported.
In 2023, the celeb was sued by two former teachers at Donda Academy, the private, unaccredited Christian school he opened in Ventura County, California. Cecilia Hailey and her daughter Chekarey Byers accused West of violating education, health and safety codes, terminating educators based on race and retaliation, and failing to fully pay teachers.
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