Wednesday, October 30, 2024 – Grammy-nominated music producer,
Metro Boomin is being accused of r@pe in a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the music producer, real name Leland
Wayne, drugged and raped a woman in 2016, resulting in her pregnancy.
The woman, Vanessa LeMaistre, says she was at a studio
session when she took half of a Xanax pill and the producer gave her a single
shot of alcohol. She blacked out shortly after and woke up in a hotel to him
raping her, according to the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday.
“A few weeks after the sexual assault, Ms. LeMaistre
found out that she was pregnant,” the suit says. “She had not had sex
with anyone else, so Ms. LeMaistre knew that the pregnancy was the result of
Wayne raping her.”
Wayne’s attorney, Lawrence Hinkle II, called LeMaistre’s
lawsuit a “pure shakedown” in a statement on Wednesday.
“These are false accusations,” Hinkle said.
“Mr. Wayne refused to pay her months ago, and he refuses to pay her now.
Mr. Wayne will defend himself in court. He will file a claim for malicious
prosecution once he prevails.”
LeMaistre’s lawyers responded in a statement: “Making
defamatory remarks is not going to help Metro Boomin’s cause and we look
forward to proving Ms. LeMaistre’s claims in court and ultimately before a
jury.”
