Kanye West and his touring
company have filed a $10 million lawsuit against Saint Pablo Tour insurers
after canceling several shows. In court documents obtained by E! News, the
rapper's team is alleging breach of contract and breach of good faith and fair
dealing. "More than eight months later, the insurers have neither paid on
the multi-million dollar claim nor denied the claim," Kanye's team writes
in court documents. "Nor have they provided anything approaching a
coherent explanation about why they have not paid, or any indication if they
will ever pay or even make a coverage decision."
Lawyer Howard King wrote in court
papers: "They [have not] provided anything approaching a coherent
explanation about why they have not paid, or any indication if they will ever
pay or even make a coverage decision, implying that Kanye's use of marijuana
may provide them with the basis to deny the claim."
According to legal papers, the
40-year-old spent "hundreds of thousands of dollars" on insurance
with Lloyd's to cover the costs of a cancellation but hasn't received any
payment yet. Kanye's Saint Pablo Tour was set to run until 31 December but was
called off after the rapper spent eight days in a neuropsychiatric centre at
UCLA in Los Angeles. Mr King, who represents Kanye West's company, denies any
allegations that cannabis use led to his "serious, debilitating medical
condition" as an "unsupportable contention".
Kanye West was admitted to
hospital after a series of erratic comments on stage last November, including
alleging that JAY-Z was sending hitmen to kill him and ranting that Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg hadn't paid his $53m (£40m) debt. The rapper also told
an audience in California that he hadn't voted in the US election but would have
backed Donald Trump.
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