Kanye West had plans to turn part of his $57 million beachfront mansion in Malibu into an adult’s playground, according to new courtroom testimony from the rapper himself.
West — dressed in all black — took the stand Thursday in a lawsuit filed by contractor Tony Saxon, who claims he was hired to carry out a major renovation on the rapper’s Malibu home but was ultimately stiffed.
Saxon’s attorney grilled West on a series of questions about his dealings with the contractor, and for the most part, his answers had a similar theme of forgetfulness.
“How did you know he was a contractor?” asked the attorney. “Cause that’s what he was,” replied West.
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“Are you the CEO of Yeezy Construction?” the attorney asked. “I’m not sure,” Ye said.
However, all was not forgotten by West when it came to Saxon. West admitted to remembering to ask the contractor to replace a set of stairs in the home with a slide.
“It’s just Ye. No ‘mister,'” West corrected the attorney at one point — referring to his public name change from a few years ago when he filed court docs to only be called Ye.
West’s wife, Bianca Censori testified in the same trial on Wednesday. Censori was dressed very conservatively compared to her usual attire — with a long skirt and her arms completely covered.
The trial stems from a lawsuit brought on by Saxon for over $1 million in 2023 for unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, and wrongful termination.
West never ended up living in the Malibu mansion, selling it for a significant loss at $21 million after he stripped it of all plumbing and electric.
