A brief video shows an angry Kanye West allegedly grab the photographer's phone and throw it into the street.
The incident began when Lechmanik was waiting outside a school sports facility to photograph West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, who went inside earlier, according to her lawsuit. Lechmanik and several other paparazzi were driving by the facility when she noticed West get out of his vehicle and confront another photographer.
Lechmanik said she was afraid West would hurt the photographer, given his history of assault allegations by other paparazzi, she said in the lawsuit, and she did not feel safe to get out of her car.“If I want to see my son at a game, you all ain’t going to run up on me like that,” West said in the video as he leaned toward Lechmanik’s driver side window.“I wasn’t running,” Lechmanik interrupted him.Lechmanik continued to record with her phone while holding a small dog in her other arm.
Lechmanik’s associate also recorded West from the passenger seat, according to the lawsuit. That video showed West demanding a camera from another paparazzi photographer after he walked away from Lechmanik’s vehicle.At times, Lechmanik’s voice broke as she was asked to defend her actions as a paparazzi photographer.
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