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American record producer Metro Boomin arrives at Variety Hitmakers Brunch held at nya WEST on December 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit against Grammy-nominated Atlanta-based producer Metro Boomin, who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, alleging that he raped her in 2016 and that she became pregnant from the assault.

The producer’s lawyer said the accusations were false and said the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, was “a complete shake-up.”

Vanessa LeMaistre, 38, says in the lawsuit that she became friends with Metro Boomin, whose legal name is Leland Wayne, following the death of her 9-month-old son. Months later, she collapsed while visiting him at a recording studio and woke up in bed to find Wayne raping her, according to the lawsuit.

She found out she was pregnant a few weeks after the attack, according to the lawsuit.

31-year-old St. The St. Louis-born producer’s lawyer immediately denied the allegations.

“This is a complete shake-up. These are false accusations,” Lawrence Hinkle II said in a statement Wednesday. he said. “Mr. Wayne refused to pay him months ago, and now he refuses to pay. Mr. Wayne will defend himself in court. When he wins, he will seek malicious prosecution.”

Wayne composed the soundtrack for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and co-produced most of the album’s songs. His 2022 album “Heroes & Villains”, with contributions from John Legend and The Weeknd and Travis Scott, was nominated for a Grammy for best rap album. He has also worked with Future, Kendrick Lamar, Offset, 21 Savage and A$AP Rocky.

LeMaistre said in the lawsuit that she met Wayne at a party in Las Vegas in the spring of 2016 and that they met several times in the months that followed and “believed they bonded over music’s ability to help people in their darkest moments.” understands.”

Around September, she visited him at a recording studio in California, where he was given a shot of alcohol and took half a bar of Xanax.

“The next thing Ms. LeMaistre can remember is Wayne raping her and she wakes up in a bed in a different location, unable to move or make any sounds,” the lawsuit states. “She was in and out of consciousness for an unknown amount of time, but at one point she woke up again to find Wayne performing oral sex on her.”

At no point was she able to consent, the lawsuit says.

She found out she was pregnant a few weeks later, according to the lawsuit, and there was no doubt the child was Wayne’s. She had an abortion soon after.

The Associated Press generally does not name people who say they were sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as LeMaistre did. He is named in the lawsuit and has consented to his identity being made public through his lawyers.

In the lawsuit filed with allegations of sexual assault and gender-based violence, it is requested that the compensation be determined at the hearing.