Ye Faces Yet Another Lawsuit For Throwing Photographer’s Phone In The Street

Another day, another Ye lawsuit.

Paparazzo Nichol Lechmanik has filed a suit against Kanye West for a January incident in which West was recorded snatching her phone and throwing it into the street, TMZ reports.

West and his wife, Bianca Censori, as were leaving his daughter North’s basketball game when he noticed the paparazzi. Ye confronted another photographer, and Lechmanik feared the rapper had a weapon on him.

Lechmanik’s video of West, which went viral, shows Ye approaching her as she sits in the driver’s seat of her car. He yells, “You all ain’t gonna run up on me like that!”

He then tells her, “If I say stop, stop with your cameras.”

Lechmanik filed a report at the local sheriff’s department, and Ye was listed as a suspect in its investigation but never charged, as the photographer declined to press charges. Documents from the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office revealed her phone suffered minor damage to its case — $30 worth, to be exact.

Lechmanik is now suing for assault, battery, and negligence, claiming she was left traumatized and humiliated.

According to The Fader, she is seeking an injunction that would prevent Ye from confronting any photographer with threats or physical action.

West and the paparazzi have had their share of issues in the past, including his attempt to knock a camera out of a man’s hand at LAX Airport in 2013. That incident was settled for an undisclosed sum two years later.

The latest suit adds to the existing pile of them against the embattled rapper and style icon. Last week, Gap announced it was planning a suit worth $2 million in damages. The retail giant claims that Ye “made unapproved” changes to a Los Angeles rental property its landlord is trying to collect on, by altering the exterior and interior of a commercial property.