A controversial figure at the best of times, Kanye West has recently found himself at the centre of several troubling allegations. Many of which allegedly expose a sinister side to his marriage with Bianca Censori.

If the barefooted shopping trips and bare-arsed Venetian water taxis weren’t enough to raise eyebrows already, bold new claims from West’s former personal assistant have put his relationship with Censori even further under the spotlight.

Lauren Pisciotta, who was West’s assistant between 2021 and 2022, first filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the musician in June. However, last week she expanded her claims to 88-pages – accusing West of, among other things, sexual harassment and stalking, and for using his wife as a ‘sex party coordinator’.

She alleges that West would use his office as a ‘sex playground’ and a ‘makeshift bedroom’ and that Censori would willingly participate in his ‘twisted sexual fantasies’. In the lawsuit, Pisciotta recalls West allegedly grabbing her by the throat while Censori looked on ‘unfazed’. 

In June, when Pisciotta sued West for alleged sexual harassment and stalking, he refuted the claims as ‘baseless’ and accused her of ‘blackmail and extortion’. He is yet to file a defence against the recent additions to the lawsuit.

West and Censori’s marriage is not one that people have ever been overly enthusiastic about. It’s thought that they first met when she joined his adidas shoe brand Yeezy in 2020 as an architectural designer (she is now head of architecture), but that they didn’t start dating until late 2022 after West’s divorce from Kim Kardashian – with whom he shares four kids. In December 2022, the couple wed under a confidential marriage license and their relationship was picked up by the press a month later.

Besides the fact Censori looks eerily similar to Kardashian, their relationship raised immediate concerns because of the way West appeared to be styling his new wife. Usually opting for full-length black clothing himself, Censori is often seen on his side wearing little to nothing at all. Not even footwear. One outfit was even comprised of a flesh-toned bodysuit with a purple cushion strapped to her chest, prompting theories that West is engaging in a deliberate game of humiliation.

While they remain unproven in court and West is yet to respond, if Pisciotta’s allegations stand up then it sounds like the outfits could be the least of Censori’s worries. According to his former assistant, West sent messages to his wife a few months after they got married saying he wanted to have sex with her mother while she watched. Pisciotta has shared the alleged screenshots in the lawsuit.

In the court documents, she has described the behaviour of her former employer as ‘predatory, aggressive, compulsive, vulgar, perverse and frighteningly calculative’. And she alleges that this behaviour was not solely reserved for his wife – claiming that West hosted ‘sex parties’ at luxury hotels around the country. The former assistant also alleges that West abused his connections at high profile brands to get women into the US on work visas, gave them ‘obscure job titles’ and made them sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) so that he could sleep with them.

In fact, Pisciotta first met West at a party he was co-hosting with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. A man who, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know is currently awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering and faces multiple allegations of sexual assault and abuse dating from the early 90s to this year. Many of which allegedly took place at his infamous A-list parties. Combs denies all allegations and plans to plead not guilty in court.

Pisciotta claims she was handed a drink when she arrived at the party and began to ‘feel disoriented’, ‘less in control of her body and speech’ and was then raped. However, she does not allege that she was raped by Combs or West, nor is West currently implicated in Combs’ active charges. According to the lawsuit, Pisciotta was only made aware of what happened at the party in her final few weeks of employment. 

It goes without saying that these are bold and gravely serious claims. Unfortunately for West and his flailing reputation, it’s not the only lawsuit on his doorstep. Nor are they the only alarming claims made about his marriage. Earlier this month, West’s former ‘director of intelligence’ made further explosive claims about his relationship with Censori.

The former employee was initially hired during West’s somewhat cursed (thankfully fleeting) plans to run for president. He alleges that his job changed when he was asked to hire a private investigator to follow Censori when West wasn’t with her.

The man filed a 22-page lawsuit to the LA Supreme Court, which claims ‘a particularly notable task by Ye was to have [John Doe] hire private investigators to follow and “tail” his wife, Bianca Censori, when she was travelling along to visit family in Australia, without Ms Censori’s knowledge’.

West’s representative dismissed the allegations as ‘fantastical and false’, asserting that the lawsuit aims to embarrass the artist amid perceived marital issues.

Indeed, the past month has seen several reports that West and Censori are either broken up already or ‘ready for divorce’. Last week they were pictured on a PDA-filled trip in Japan, but prior to this they had not been pictured together in weeks.

An ‘insider’ made bold claims to In Touch magazine, which cannot be repeated for legal reasons, pointing towards West’s alleged controlling behaviour. It’s a story that spurred a new influx of break up rumours – rumours they were probably hoping their trip to Japan would put to bed.

It’s likely, then, that the new lawsuits might signal further the trouble if not prompt serious concern from Censori’s loved ones. Especially since Julia Fox, who dated West in early 2022, has just given an interview with The Times saying she has deep regrets about her own experience with the rapper.

‘I regret that relationship so much. I hate it! It was only a few weeks but enough to last me a lifetime,’ she admitted. ‘I was in probably the most uncomfortable position in my life and that’s saying a lot. I don’t want to be known for being anyone’s girlfriend.’

She later claimed that she felt West used her as a pawn to get back at Kardashian, saying West would send a stylist to dress Fox in outfits he had approved. The actress and model also claimed that West once sent photos of them kissing to the editor of Interview magazine and asked Fox to write the accompanying text about how they met. Apparently, West didn’t like her copy and replaced it with an entirely fabricated version, which is still online today. 

Other claims made by Fox include West offering to get her a boob job, which she declined, and him threatening to end things if she didn’t sign an NDA. She ended things instead. Grazia has contacted West’s reps for comment.

These are claims that, while made by Fox, may not bode well for Censori. As for West’s most famous ex, Kardashian, she has publicly held her tongue over the years, owing to the welfare of their children. However, she did describe her ‘anxiety attacks’ about their divorce on The Kardashians last year and said, ‘I have to sit here and not say anything ever because I know one day my kids will appreciate that and I know that’s the best thing for them.’

‘The one who does interviews saying they’re my “forever protector” is the one hurting me the most,’ she continued. ‘I never say anything bad. I never say anything negative. If I say, “I’m exhausted,” I feel guilty about that. I am f*cking exhausted.’

For now, Censori and West appear to be putting on a united front. But the odds, and two weighty lawsuits, look to be stacked against them. Censori would do well to find a pair of shoes – and the nearest exit.