Key Takeaways:

• The civil trial facilities on a 2016 sexual assault allegation in opposition to Metro Boomin in Los Angeles.
• Vanessa LeMaistre claims she was drugged and assaulted after taking Xanax and ingesting alcohol at Metro’s studio.
• The case consists of Ayahuasca-related testimony, references to 21 Savage lyrics and a $3.7 million damages declare.

The sexual assault trial involving Metro Boomin is now underway. On Tuesday (Sept. 23), the producer appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom over allegations introduced by Vanessa LeMaistre, who claims she awoke to the “Trance” producer raping her.

According to LeMaistre, she met Metro (whose actual title is Leland Wayne) in Las Vegas in 2016 and later visited him at his studio in Los Angeles on a number of events. Around that point, she stated that she had confided in him about dropping her 9-month-old son, music/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/metro-boomin-civil-rape-trial-day-1-accuser-testifies-ayahuasca”>Complex famous.

On the evening in query, LeMaistre recalled taking half a Xanax and “a few sips” of alcohol on the studio earlier than falling asleep. She then claimed she later awoke in a distinct location, on a mattress, with the beatmaker on prime of her.

After the alleged incident, LeMaistre stated that one among Metro’s workers drove her again to the studio, the place her automobile was parked. “I truly thought that rape was what you see on TV, stranger danger, somebody comes up and abducts you,” she stated.

Metro’s protection staff has denied the allegations. His lawyer, Lawrence Hinkle, stated LeMaistre pursued the case out of greed and since his consumer “stopped giving her attention after the last time they had sex.”

“We are here because she thought my client could solve her financial problems,” Hinkle instructed the courtroom. “So, she made a claim that he sexually assaulted her, expecting that he would just write a check to make it all go away quickly and quietly.” Metro, who’s standing trial “to publicly clear his name,” is predicted to testify in his personal protection, alongside two knowledgeable witnesses.

LeMaistre is suing for damages between $3.4 million and $3.7 million. Legal journalist Meghann Cuniff reported that LeMaistre additionally desires the lawsuit to “go viral” by having folks tag each Metro and 21 Savage’s social media accounts. For context, her submitting cited the London-born rapper’s verse on “Rap Saved Me” from 2017’s Without Warning.

“She took a Xanny, then she fainted / I’m from the gutter, ain’t no changing / From the gutter, rap saved me / She drive me crazy, have my baby,” 21 Savage’s lyrics included within the criticism learn. The trial is predicted to come back to verdict by Friday (Sept. 26).