A Jewish publicist suing Ye (formerly Kanye West) for antisemitism is demanding that the rapper repay nearly $100,000 incurred by her legal team in fending off a “frivolous and absurd” motion that argued, unsuccessfully, that artistic freedom allows Ye to call himself a “Nazi” and “Hitler” with no legal recourse. The development stems from Ye’s attempt to throw out the antisemitism lawsuit under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which guards against legal action that threatens free speech. Ye’s attorneys argued that the rapper’s private conversations — including text messages where he told his Jewish publicist “I am a Nazi” and “Welcome to...
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