Metro Boomin Gets A Trial Date In His Civil Rape Lawsuit

Metro Boomin is headed to trial over a 2024 lawsuit accusing him of allegedly assaulting and impregnating a girl by the title, Vanessa LeMaistre. After a failed interval of “unsuccessful” settlement negotiations, the case will now start trial in Los Angeles on September 23.

“After the mediation, the events have continued restricted settlement discussions, which have confirmed unsuccessful,” a joint standing report obtained by Billboard reads. “The events are presently getting ready the matter for trial.”

LeMaistre initially filed the lawsuit again in October 2024, claiming that she met Metro Boomin in Las Vegas in 2016, months after the dying of her 9-month-old son. On the time, she says they “bonded over the flexibility of music to assist individuals of their darkest moments.” Metro ended up allegedly inviting her to a studio session in California a number of months later, the place she says she had a shot of alcohol and half a bar of Xanax, then blacked out. She claims she got here to in a distinct location, “fully unable to maneuver or make a sound” as Metro allegedly raped her. She ended up getting an abortion later that 12 months.

Moreover, LeMaistre claims that Metro Boomin even references the incident on his 2017 tune, “Rap Saved Me.” 21 Savage and Offset rap on the refrain: “She took a Xanny, then she fainted/ I’m from the gutter, ain’t no altering/ From the gutter, rap saved me/ She drive me loopy, have my child.”

Metro Boomin’s lawyer, Lawrence Hinkle, beforehand denied the allegations in a press release after LeMaistre filed her claims. “These are false accusations,” he stated on the time. “Mr. Wayne refused to pay her months in the past, and he refuses to pay her now. Mr. Wayne will defend himself in courtroom. He’ll file a declare for malicious prosecution as soon as he prevails.”

On Tuesday, LeMaistre’s legal professional, Michael Willemin, stated in a press release that Metro “has did not adjust to primary discovery obligations” for the reason that case started. “In the meantime, we and Ms. LeMaistre have pushed the case ahead aggressively, and, due to that, we’re headed in direction of trial on September 23, 2025,” he continued. “We stay up for holding Mr. Wayne accountable in entrance of a jury of his friends.”