Kanye West<\/strong><\/a> accused former America\u2019s Next Top Model<\/a> contestant Jenn An<\/strong><\/a> of trying to silence him with a lawsuit over a 2010 alleged sexual assault on set, Us Weekly can exclusively report.<\/p>\n On August 19, West, 48, filed court docs seeking to dismiss An\u2019s lawsuit, filed in November 2024, over an alleged incident while filming a 2010 music video.<\/p>\n The musician\u2019s lawyer called out An for including information in her lawsuit about West\u2019s recent \u201cantisemitic messages\u201d on X, touting Hitler, as well as numerous messages where he disregarded survivors of sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n West\u2019s lawyer told the court, \u201cThese alleged quotations bear no relevance to the claims in this case and are presented without meaningful context. Their inclusion should be considered as facts to support arguments regarding [An\u2019s] motive to bring this lawsuit — to silence [West] for his controversial speech on matters of public concern.<\/p>\n Earlier in the filing, the \u201cFlashing Lights\u201d rapper\u2019s lawyer argued that the production of the music video, \u201clike many thousands of stage performances and motion pictures before it, included physical touching between the actors (here, West and [An]).\u201d<\/p>\n Kanye West<\/span> Mychal Watts\/WireImage<\/span><\/p>\n The attorney continued, \u201cAt no point during the production did [An] object to her role, express a lack of consent to participate, nor attempt to leave the performance, nor does she claim such in her [lawsuit].\u201d<\/p>\n West points out that the alleged assault took place in front of a crew and cameras. \u201cTo permit such claims to proceed would mean that every actor, director, and artist involved in provocative film, theater, or music video productions \u2014 whether depicting violence, sexuality, or both \u2014 could face retroactive criminalization and personal liability whenever a performer later regrets or reimagines their participation,\u201d the rapper\u2019s response read.<\/p>\n Kanye West Accused of Sexual Assault, Sex Trafficking and False Imprisonment by Ex-Assistant<\/a><\/p>\n In his filing, West accused An, who starred on season 13 of Tyra Banks<\/strong>\u2019 former reality show America\u2019s Next Top Model in 2009, of attempting to \u201cpunish his creative process and censor his art.\u201d<\/p>\n West demanded that the suit be thrown out of court.<\/p>\n An’s lawyer, Jesse Weinstein<\/strong>, tells Us, “While Ye is certainly entitled to defend himself in this suit, we refuse to adopt his idea that sexually assaulting Ms. An was somehow justified as “art.” This was an unscripted moment that he took it upon himself to create, much to the dismay and shock of nearly everyone around him. He has clearly convinced himself that he is above the law and we will take him to task in this matter through the litigation process.”<\/p>\n In her suit, An explained she was hired as a background actor\/model for singer La Roux\u2019<\/strong>s music video for her song \u201cIn for the Kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n