{"id":2000105224,"date":"2026-03-12T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000105224"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:23:08","slug":"kanye-west-ordered-to-pay-140000-in-malibu-renovation-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kanye-west-ordered-to-pay-140000-in-malibu-renovation-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West ordered to pay $140,000 in Malibu mansion renovation lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The verdict was delivered on March\u202f11, 2026, in the Los Angeles Superior Court, following a civil trial in which Tony Saxon, the plaintiff, claimed that West did not pay him the agreed\u2011upon compensation and unjustly fired him during the renovation of the $57\u202fmillion property. Saxon had originally sought $1.7\u202fmillion in damages for unpaid wages, medical costs, and other claims, but the jury awarded a much smaller amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to court testimony, Saxon was hired in 2021 to act as a project manager and handyman for the extensive remodel of the Malibu house. He alleged that he was promised $20,000 per week for his work but received only one weekly payment and approximately $100,000 for construction costs despite continuing to work on the project for several weeks. Saxon also claimed he endured unsafe working conditions, was forced to sleep on the floor of the home, and sustained neck and back injuries while on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the trial, Saxon\u2019s lawyers argued that he was not fully compensated for his work, was fired after raising safety concerns, and suffered injury without proper protection. They described challenging conditions at the job site and maintained that Saxon was unjustly terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West\u2019s legal team, however, contested many of Saxon\u2019s claims. They argued that Saxon was an unlicensed contractor and not a full employee and that financial records showed he had received about $240,000 for his work. West\u2019s attorneys also denied that the conditions described by Saxon warranted the larger damages sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In delivering a mixed verdict, the jury found West liable for certain claims related to injury but rejected most of the more serious allegations, such as wrongful termination and unpaid wages. As a result, Saxon was awarded $140,000 specifically for medical expenses and injury\u2011related compensation, significantly less than the amount he had originally requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the $140,000 award, West may also be required to pay Saxon\u2019s attorney fees and court costs, which could push the total financial responsibility above $1\u202fmillion, according to statements from Saxon\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kanye West ordered to pay $140,000 in Malibu mansion renovation lawsuit<\/strong>.
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A Los Angeles jury has ruled that U.S. rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, must pay $140,000 to a former handyman who sued him over unpaid work and injuries related to renovations at his Malibu beachfront mansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":2000105225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000105224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000105225,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":800,"height":450,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","width":150,"height":84},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","width":300,"height":169},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","width":768,"height":432},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","width":800,"height":450},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28ceb0d0-1d8b-11f1-911d-adc8c9bb6ccb.jpg.jpg","width":800,"height":450}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000105224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000105275,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105224\/revisions\/2000105275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000105225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000105224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000105224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000105224"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000105224"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000105224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}