Model says as Kanye West sexually assaulted her, he yelled, 'This is art, I'm Picasso'

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A model suing Kanye West is speaking out about the alleged assault that lawyers for the rapper argue was his 1st Amendment right.Jennifer An, an actor and model who competed on the 13th season of “America’s Next Top Model” in 2009, detailed the alleged assault — that she says happened in 2010 — in a new interview with the BBC’s “Fame Under Fire” podcast that was released Wednesday.

In 2024, An filed a lawsuit against the “Heartless” rapper alleging he choked her and used his fingers to simulate oral sex during a music video shoot for La Roux’s “In for the Kill.” “He had me sit in the chair in front of the camera, and I didn’t know what was going to happen.I was given no direction,” An told the BBC.

“I was just told to sit in this chair, and then playback started, and then all of a sudden he just reaches a hand out and starts choking me, and I’m just not sure what’s happening, and then he pulled his other hand out and starts choking me with both hands and then starts smearing my makeup all over my face and sticking his hands inside of my mouth, which simulated oral sex.“I remember feeling so suffocated, unsure, scared,” she said.

An said she was 24 years old at the time of the alleged incident, her first foray into the industry.She told the outlet that, as it was happening, she hoped someone on the production side would call a halt to it.“I remember him looking at me, like really intensely, and licking his lips a lot, my face was like so close to his,” she continued.

“He reached a point that — I assume — he was very happy with himself, and he yelled something like, ‘This is art! I’m Picasso.’”La Roux said she insisted the alleged assault be left on the cutting room floor, and in a 2024 Instagram exchange with An, the artist said, “I could never forget that, it was horrific,” according to court documents.Entertainm...