Former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Jenn An has filed a federal lawsuit against Kanye West, alleging the rapper sexually assaulted her during a 2010 music video shoot that she described as resembling a “porn set.”
The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court, claims West selected An from a lineup saying “Give me the Asian girl,” before subjecting her to violence during filming of the unreleased video for “In For the Kill,” a collaboration with La Roux. After being dressed in revealing lingerie, An alleges West told her “That’s why I chose you.”
According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, West allegedly choked An until she lost consciousness and forced his fingers down her throat to “emulate forced oral sex” while screaming “This is art. This is f**king art. I am like Picasso.” The assault allegedly lasted more than a minute.
“On camera, defendant West began to choke plaintiff with one hand. He then wrapped his other hand around her neck and continued to strangle her with both hands,” the lawsuit states. An claims “high-profile figures” attempted to “bury” the incident afterward. The final edit of the music video apparently includes neither An nor West.
The suit, which also names Universal Music Group as a defendant, follows October allegations from West’s former assistant Lauren Pisciotta, who claimed in a separate lawsuit that West turned his office into a “sexual playground” and that his wife Bianca Censori acted as a “sex party coordinator.” West has denied those claims as “baseless.”
Representatives for West did not immediately respond to requests for comment. La Roux reportedly told a friend she witnessed “upsetting, unsettling” behavior on the set, according to the lawsuit.
An appeared on cycle 13 of “America’s Next Top Model.” Pisciotta, who served as West’s Chief of Staff at Yeezy from 2021 to 2022, first sued the rapper in June, including allegations of rape and drugging at a party hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs.
