Lil Uzi Vert is being accused of harassment, office misconduct, and extra in a brand new lawsuit.
According to courtroom paperwork reviewed by Complex, an alleged former private assistant for Uzi (born Symere Bysil Woods) says she suffered “emotional distress and mental anguish” whereas aiding him on tour. She additionally claims she was topic to “unwelcome sexual demands and advances.”
Roc Nation, which manages Uzi, can also be named as a defendant within the lawsuit, along with the rapper’s firm Uzivert, LLC.
In the grievance, Jane Doe claims she was first provided to work as Uzi’s assistant in 2022 after he was supposedly impressed by her service whereas working at a Balenciaga retailer in Los Angeles.
Doe claimed she was topic to “intense and demanding to downright hostile and inappropriate” conduct from Uzi and alleged that they harassed her with “unwelcome sexual demands and advances” with the assist of his administration crew.
She included various textual content messages she reportedly obtained from Uzi, together with, “I sent you sumthin on vanish,” “Come rub me down before you leave,” “I’m by myself right now send me something,” and “Let me see that booty.”
Another message learn, “You are more than my assistant. You are my bitch.”
Doe claims she labored extraordinarily lengthy hours, generally as much as 30 hours straight whereas touring, and was anticipated to be reachable 24/7. She additionally says she frequently paid for out-of-pocket work bills, together with Wi-Fi throughout flights, meals, provides, and different journey wants.
She alleges that when she requested Uzi’s supervisor, Amina Diop, for reimbursement or extra time pay, Doe was informed she was solely entitled to her base wage of $50,000.
In early 2023, she was formally positioned on Roc Nation’s administration employees to work as an artist administration coordinator. After assembly with the corporate’s CEO, Desiree Perez, Doe’s wage was set at $100,000 “to start,” with the expectation that later efficiency evaluations would modify her compensation. She claims that these evaluations by no means occurred regardless of repeated requests.
Doe said that related compensation points continued whereas aiding Uzi throughout their Pink Tape Tour in 2023. She additionally claimed that in December of that 12 months, Uzi’s girlfriend, rapper JT (born Jatavia Johnson) started utilizing Doe as her assistant as effectively, with out further pay.
The plaintiff says she feared rejecting Uzi’s advances, which she says would happen if he was “high on drugs, such as Xanax and Oxycontin,” would jeopardize her profession, and that the “emotional distress” required her to start remedy in January 2024.
Doe claimed the working situations grew to become insufferable by 2025, resulting in what she described as a “constructive discharge,” that means that she felt she had no alternative however to resign.
The lady is searching for unspecified punitive damages for sexual harassment, unpaid extra time, failure to reimburse bills, emotional and psychological hurt, and extra.