On the second day of the civil rape trial in opposition to Metro Boomin on Wednesday (Sept. 24),for which Complex was current, the producer took the stand and claimed that he and plaintiff Vanessa LeMaistre had consensual intercourse twice. This adopted testimony from LeMaistre, who maintained that their encounter was non-consensual. Metro, in addition to his accuser, introduced up Lil Wayne throughout their time on the stand.
LeMaistre testified that she believed Lil Wayne’s 2011 music “How to Love” was about her and stated they dated for ten months. The protection referenced an interview in which she mentioned courting Lil Wayne with South African information web site Independent Online, although the choose in the end dominated the interview irrelevant to Metro’s protection. During Metro’s testimony, he additionally alleged that the plaintiff claimed her deceased youngster was fathered by Wayne. She was visibly bowled over on the assertion.
The trial, which started on Sept. 23 in Los Angeles, stems from allegations made by LeMaistre that Metro Boomin (born Leland Wayne) raped her in a resort room in 2016 after she took a half a Xanax and a shot of alcohol he gave her to assist cope along with her nervousness.
According to her testimony, LeMaistre stated she was overtly grieving the current dying of her nine-month-old son, who Metro, as beforehand talked about, claimed was fathered by Lil Wayne, and that the 2 had a short dialogue about their shared melancholy.
The accuser says she fell asleep and claims she woke as much as Metro performing oral intercourse and raping her. She alleged that the encounter led to a being pregnant and subsequent abortion and that 21 Savage’s verse in Metro’s observe “Rap Saved Me,” which additionally featured Offset and Quavo, mocked her expertise. Metro has denied all allegations.
The lawsuit, filed years after the alleged incident, was prompted by an ayahuasca ceremony the plaintiff underwent in 2024. She testified that the psychedelic expertise made her notice that the alleged assault was the “root of continual trauma, pain and suffering.”
A letter she wrote after the ceremony included her vow to “blow the whistle on Metro Boomin,” “contact Cassie [Ventura’s] lawyer,” and publicly air out the producer on-line.
Courtroom stress escalated when it was revealed that LeMaistre claimed to have channeled Metro’s late mom Leslie Wayne, who was murdered in 2022, throughout that very same ayahuasca ceremony. She claimed Leslie expressed disappointment in her son. In response, Metro made a “cuckoo” gesture to his group, which was instantly challenged by LeMaistre’s lawyer, Michael J. Willemin.
The plaintiff is searching for between $3.4 and $3.7 million in damages.
Metro’s authorized group, led by Lawrence C. Hinkle II, has painted LeMaistre as financially determined and vengeful, claiming she concocted a “drug-induced plan” to extort Metro after he stopped giving her consideration. Hinkle alleged LeMaistre was a “woman scorned” and a “willing participant,” whereas pointing to alleged textual content messages she despatched his shopper in 2017 and 2018 equivalent to “Meet me in DC” and “I miss u” as proof that her story modified out of desperation, not trauma.