Kanye West Ordered To Pay Additional $181K in Lawsuit Tied to Gut Renovation of Former Malibu Mansion

Kanye West has been ordered to pay an additional $181,433 following a lawsuit tied to the gut renovation of his former Malibu beach house, resulting in a $321,000 total award.According to Rolling Stone, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruling has ordered the musician to pay $147,000 in attorneys’ fees and $34,433.93 in costs to the West Coast Trial Lawyers legal team who represented Tony Saxon in a 2023 lawsuit.In the original verdict, the jury awarded Saxon $100,000 for past and future medical expenses and $40,000 for past pain and suffering.The lawsuit alleged Saxton—who is not a licensed contractor—sustained severe neck and back injuries while living and working at the luxury beach home West had hoped to transform into an off-the-grid bunker.Although Saxon’s representation had originally requested a higher award—asking $1.7 million in compensatory damages—the amount Judge Brock Hammond finally ordered West to pay is more than the initial proposal, which lawyer Ron Zambrano challenged, resulting in an increase.Loading...Kanye West has been ordered to pay an additional $181,433 in a lawsuit tied to the Malibu mansion he formerly attempted to renovate, bringing the total amount ...