Kanye West Accuses Former America's Next Top Model of Trying to Censor His Art

Last year America's Next Top Model season 13 cast member, Jenn An, filed a civil lawsuit accusing Kanye West of choking her until she passed out on the set of a video shoot [click here if you missed that].

Now Kanye has filed to have the case dismissed, accusing An of trying to silence him...

From Us Magazine

Kanye West accused former America’s Next Top Model contestant Jenn An of trying to silence him with a lawsuit over a 2010 alleged sixual assault on set, Us Weekly can exclusively report.

On August 19, West, 48, filed court docs seeking to dismiss An’s lawsuit, filed in November 2024, over an alleged incident while filming a 2010 music video.

The musician’s lawyer called out An for including information in her lawsuit about West’s recent “antisemitic messages” on X, touting Hitler, as well as numerous messages where he disregarded survivors of sixual assault.”

West’s lawyer told the court, “These 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’s] motive to bring this lawsuit — to silence [West] for his controversial speech on matters of public concern.

Earlier in the filing, the “Flashing Lights” rapper’s lawyer argued that the production of the music video, “like many thousands of stage performances and motion pictures before it, included physical touching between the actors (here, West and [An]).”

The attorney continued, “At 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].”

West points out that the alleged assault took place in front of a crew and cameras. “To permit such claims to proceed would mean that every actor, director, and artist involved in provocative film, theater, or music video productions — whether depicting violence, sixuality, or both — could face retroactive criminalization and personal liability whenever a performer later regrets or reimagines their participation,” the rapper’s response read.