Kanye West Files $10 Million Lawsuit Over Canceled Tour, Suing Insurance Company for Nonpayment After Mental Breakdown

Kanye West has filed a $10 million lawsuit
against Lloyd’s of London for failing to pay out
on an insurance policy after his Saint Pablo tour
was canceled in November 2016.
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As previously reported, the remaining dates on
the rapper’s tour were scrapped at the end of
last year after his erratic behavior onstage led
to a mental breakdown and his hospitalization
at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital Center.
In legal papers obtained by US Weekly, West’s
company, Very Good Touring, is suing the
insurance giant and affiliated companies for
breach of contract, and breach of implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing. His
company is demanding a jury trial.
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The filing with the U.S. District Court states
that Very Good had taken out insurance for
non-appearance or cancellation and submitted a
claim to Lloyd’s two days after the tour was
canceled because of West’s “debilitating
medical condition.’ Now, more than eight
months later, they claim that the insurers
haven’t paid the multimillion-dollar claim nor
denied it.
The lawsuit also states that Lloyd’s haven’t
explained why but have implied that West’s
marijuana use may provide them with a basis to
deny the claim.
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In the lawsuit, West’s lawyers detail how, after
canceling two dates on the first part of his tour
after wife Kim Kardashian was robbed at
gunpoint in Paris in October, the rapper kicked
off the second leg but on November 19, “his
behavior was strained, confused and erratic”
and he was unable to finish the show.
The following day a decision was made to
cancel the balance of the tour and West was
hospitalized on November 21 “as the result of
his serious, debilitating medical condition.”
Lloyd’s insisted the “Fade” rapper submit to an
independent medical examination by a doctor of
their choosing while he was still under medical
care, and that doctor also confirmed that West
was in no condition to resume the tour.
He was released from the hospital eight days
later but the legal documents note that he
continues to be treated by the doctor who
oversaw his care at UCLA.
The lawsuit claims that West’s company has
suffered substantial economic losses and other
special damages in excess of $9.8 million and
is asking for that amount to be paid as well as
punitive and exemplary damages in an amount
to be determined at trial.
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