Kanye West shut down the three former Donda Academy teachers attempting to have him held personally liable in their bombshell lawsuit — but the battle is far from over.
According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled the claims against Kanye, in the case brought by Cecila Hailey, Chekarey Byers, and Timani Meeks, should be dismissed.
Kanye said he was not involved in the paying the Donda employees.
In their lawsuit, the teachers claimed they were discriminated against during their time working at Donda. In addition, they said they were fired after raising complaints about the alleged health and safety issues.
Most of the claims in the lawsuit were filed against Donda. However, two claims related to alleged labor violations were filed against Kanye.
The judge sided with Kanye — for now.
Cecila and Chekarey claimed Kanye had a strict set of rules he had the teachers and students follow. They said Donda did not have a janitor, proper discipline policies, or a school nurse.
“Specifically, they complained that DONDA ACADEMY does not have a proper disciplinary system, as students were being subject to severe bullying. In one incident, a student assaulted an eighth-grade student by slapping her, then attempted to assault another teacher,” the lawsuit read. “The student had multiple accounts of bullying, both physically and verbally, that had gone without discipline. However, there are several students with bullying issues that remain unaddressed. Plaintiff BYERS complained that the student who became violent should be expelled from DONDA ACADEMY.”
The lawsuit said students were only allowed to eat sushi at lunch, teachers were prohibited from using cleaning products containing chemicals and no classes were held on the second floor due to Kanye’s alleged fear of stairs.
The duo said they were labeled “aggressive” after bringing up the issues to supervisors.
Lawyers for Cecila and Chekarey said their clients believed, “this type of comment facilitates stereotypes about African-American women as being confrontational simply for doing their job and voicing their legitimate concerns in order to provide a safe environment and proper education for their students.”
Kanye scored a small win in court last week.