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Labor/Employment

Jan. 10, 2025

Kanye West faces $2.4M default judgment for alleged labor and workplace claims

U.S. District Judge Michelle Williams Court scheduled the hearing for Jan. 17.

Jordanna G. Thigpen

A group of young international app developers who worked for Ye, known as Kanye West, and accused his company of not paying them for forced labor in a hostile work environment, will be heard in a Los Angeles federal court next week with hopes of getting a $2.4 million default judgment motion approved.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Michelle Williams Court scheduled the hearing for Jan. 17 after the plaintiffs filed the motion last month. According to the eight plaintiffs, Ye, a...

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