A verdict was announced in a civil lawsuit involving Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and his former contractor.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 7:09PMwho alleged he was not fully compensated for work overseeing a renovation project at the Malibu mansion of rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The rapper was ordered to pay the contractor $140,000 in connection with the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Plaintiff Tony Saxon maintained that Ye, 48, agreed to pay him $20,000 per week under a 2021 deal, but only turned over one $20,000 payment and $100,000 for constructions costs. Saxon's attorney's called it a mixed verdict, saying jurors awarded Saxon much less than the $1.7 million he wanted.Shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, the jury announced it had reached a verdict, and Judge Brock T. Hammond sent the jurors home due to the late hour. In testimony on Friday, Ye testified that he didn't know if he was the CEO of one of his companies, Yeezy Construction.In his lawsuit, Saxon maintained he was forced to sleep on the mansion floor while acting as a security guard and was fired in November 2021 for not complying with Ye's "dangerous requests" that could cause the plaintiff to be injured. Saxon said he often complained to Ye about various alleged dangers during the remodeling. Saxon claimed that workers unsafely demolished parts of the house with no safety equipment, adding that Ye took no action addressing the complaints. The day Ye fired Saxon, the rapper told him, "If you don't do what I say, you're not going to work for me, I'm not gonna be your friend anymore and you'll just see me on TV," according to the lawsuit filed in September 2023.In October, Hammond ruled that Ye should pay Saxon $3,320 in sanctions. An attorney for the plaintiff stated in his court papers that the rapper failed to abide by code requirements by delaying serving verified responses to Saxon's interrogatories posed to him in 2023.Copyright © 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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