Ex-Kanye West staffer needs to cease Kanye from utilizing madness as protection in authorized battle

Kanye West‘s former staffer is taking steps in court docket to cease the musician from claiming he wasn’t of sound thoughts to defend himself of their authorized battle… TMZ has discovered.

In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by TMZ, Benjamin Provowho labored on the musician’s Donda Academy in 2021, says he needs the decide to cease Ye from claiming he was “insane” when he discriminated towards Benjamin.

Benjamin claims that Kanye pulls this madness protection card proper earlier than the case goes to trial… and has by no means produced any paperwork or supplied testimony on the matter till now. He stated that even when it was related, Kanye had not turned over any medical information or chosen an professional to testify concerning the affect of his psychological well being points on the allegations within the case.

Moreover, Benjamin claimed throughout his deposition that Kanye “repeatedly indicated that he had been of sound thoughts through the occasions main as much as the affair.” He factors to this trade through the deposition as proof. He says Kanye was requested, “Do you are feeling such as you did once you had the [Donda] in school, you were not your self at the moment?

In keeping with the paperwork, Kanye responded, “No. I believe it was nearly myself, however individuals change too,” including, “Typically I intend to do good and I nonetheless find yourself in deposition.” He stated Kanye favored staff to have a uniform look, however denied firing Benjamin due to his dreads.

In his lawsuit, Benjamin claimed he was fired due to his coiffure and that Kanye was harsh on black staff, whereas being gentler on white staff.

As TMZ first reported, Kanye can be ask the court docket not enable any proof of his social media posts praising Nazis and Hitler.