Kanye West
Kanye West sues concert tour insurer
is suing Lloyd’s of London for $10 million over canceled concert dates from last year.
Rapper and producer Kanye West has sued insurance company Lloyd’s of London and its affiliated syndicates for $10 million, alleging it is delaying a claim stemming from 21 canceled dates on last year’s “Saint Pablo” tour.
Filed by West’s touring company, Very Good Touring Inc., in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, the suit also alleges that the Lloyd’s investigation into the canceled concerts resulted in information about West’s medical condition leaking to the press.
In a prepared statement, a spokesperson for Lloyd’s declined to comment on the specifics of the case but said, in part: “The reputation of the market has been built on meeting our obligations quickly and effectively where a claim should be settled.” The statement added that in the past year, Lloyd’s paid out $18.5 billion in claims.
West, 40, cut his tour short in November after he performed a series of uneven shows that featured extended between-song political monologues and rants, including one in which he declared that he “would have voted for Donald Trump” in the presidential election. West’s lawsuit claims that Lloyd’s is contractually obligated to cover the costs of those canceled dates and is willfully ignoring the evidence that West was incapacitated.