Metro Boomin Sued for Alleged Sexual Battery

Metro Boomin is facing a lawsuit from a woman claiming sexual battery from an incident in 2016 in which she was allegedly raped and impregnated.

Metro Boomin has been sued by a woman named Vanessa LeMaistre, in a filing obtained by TMZ. LeMaistre claims she was suffering from depression after the death of her 9-month-old son in 2016, but “hit it off with Metro” during a trip to Las Vegas that spring. Ultimately, she alleges Metro sexually assaulted her and left her pregnant during their time together.

LeMaistre says Metro invited her to his studio in Los Angeles, where she observed the rapper abusing codeine, even as his friends warned him against it. In a later visit at his studio, LeMaistre says she took half a Xanax pill and “a shot of alcohol to cope with the sadness over her son's passing,” and claims she blacked out on the couch.

When she regained consciousness, LeMaistre says Metro was on top of her “raping her and performing oral sex on her.” She then blacked out again, and awoke to Metro telling her she was in a Beverly Hills hotel room and it was time for her to leave, but she says she had no memory of arriving there.

Later, LeMaistre says she learned she was pregnant, and claims it had to be from Metro, as she hadn't had sex with anyone else during that time. She ultimately terminated the pregnancy in November 2016.

Further, Vanessa LeMaistre believes Metro made light of her abuse the following year on his track “Rap Saved Me” with 21 Savage, Offsetoath Quavo. The song features the lyrics, “She took a Xanny / Then she fainted / I'm from the gutter … ain't no changing.”

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for mental pain and anguish, plus punitive damages.