A lien has been filed on Kanye West’s Malibu house just about one month after the valuables went up on the market.
Lawyer Ron Zambrano filed the lien towards the rapper, 46, with the intention to be sure his shopper Tony Saxon will get the cost that West owes.
“It’s no secret that Kanye is having financial problems so we just want to make sure he has enough money to pay the more than $1 million he still owes our client before he goes completely broke,” Zambrano mentioned in a commentary on Wednesday, January 10. “If anyone does work on someone’s house in California and that person doesn’t get paid, under the law, we can put a lien on the property and if there’s still no effort to pay the bill, a judge could force the person to sell the house to pay off the laborer.”
Saxon filed a lawsuit towards West in September 2023 accusing the musician of incapacity discrimination, a couple of hard work code violations, unpaid wages and wrongful termination.
“So in this case, if someone wants to buy Kanye’s Malibu home, they’ll have to deal with us first,” the commentary persisted. “That sale cannot happen without Tony being paid.”
Saxon labored as a contractor and live-in caretaker for West’s house. Within the lawsuit, he claimed that he used to be pressured to paintings 16 hours an afternoon and sleep at the flooring close to open insulation. He alleged that West owed him greater than $1 million in unpaid wages. Saxon additionally claimed he used to be terminated after he refused to tear out the home’s electric device and change it with massive turbines, which he believed could be a fireplace danger.
“Plaintiff was terminated for not complying with Defendants’ dangerous requests,” the court docket medical doctors learn. “Specifically, when Plaintiff refused to engage in unlawful conduct or to engage in activity that would further cause him physical injury, Mr. Ye responded, ‘If you don’t do what I say, you’re not going to work for me, I’m not gonna be your friend anymore and you’ll just see me on TV.’ Plaintiff replied, ‘I don’t watch TV.’ Mr. Ye ended the exchange with ‘leave.’”
West has denied the allegations via asking the court docket to throw out the claims in step with medical doctors bought via Radar On-line in November 2023.
4 months after the lawsuit used to be filed, West known as on Promoting Sundown big name Jason Oppenheim to checklist his 4,000-square-foot Malibu seaside space. In December 2023, the belongings used to be indexed for $53 million, just about 4 million underneath how a lot West paid for it in 2021. Alternatively, the property these days has no doorways, home windows, plumbing, architectural finishes or HVAC device. It additionally isn’t stressed for electrical energy.
“It will take several million dollars for the house to be finished,” Oppenheim, 46, instructed The Wall Boulevard Magazine on the time. “Much of the architectural integrity and the architectural value of the house exists.”
On the time, Oppenheim didn't disclose the explanation why West determined to promote.