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Ye Seeks Trial Delay in Dreadlock Discrimination Suit by Ex-guard
Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is asking a judge to delay a trial in a lawsuit filed by a former security guard at his Donda Academy who alleges he was fired for refusing to cut his dreadlocks, worn in observance of his Muslim faith.
Benjamin Deshon Provo filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the rapper in April 2024. Provo alleges that Ye, now 49, reprimanded him over his dreadlocks and that he worked at Donda Academy and for Yeezy, Ye's apparel company. Kanye and members of his management team subjected Provo and other Black employees to less favorable treatment than their white counterparts, according to the suit, which further alleges that Ye often screamed at the plaintiff. The lawsuit alleges that Provo was ultimately fired for failing to follow Ye's hair edict.
On Wednesday, Ye's lawyers filed court papers asking Judge Brock T. Hammond to reset the scheduled start of trial from Oct. 12 to May 17, 2027, or another date convenient to the court and available to Provo.
Source: Independent Culture
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