Metro Boomin Denies Sexual Assault Claims in LA Civil Trial

A civil trial began this week in a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles as record producer Metro Boomin, born Leland T. Wayne, denied allegations that he sexually assaulted Vanessa LeMaistre during a 2016 encounter. LeMaistre told jurors she sought justice after a 2024 Ayahuasca ceremony in Peru prompted her to reevaluate longstanding trauma she traces to the encounter, while Metro took the stand and emphatically denied the claims, saying the encounters were consensual and that he always used protection.

LeMaistre testified that she met Metro in 2016 while reeling from the recent death of her nine month old son and that, after he gave her half a Xanax and a shot of liquor at his studio, she blacked out and later awoke in a hotel room with Metro on top of her. She said she regained full consciousness as he was assaulting her, that the encounter involved vaginal intercourse and oral sex without a condom, and that she later became pregnant and had an abortion in late 2016. LeMaistre told jurors the alleged assault has cost her nine years of relationships and shattered her self esteem. I recall being instructed from the medicine that this is the root of your issues for the...