8:50 PM PT — In accordance with Metro Boomin‘s (actual identify Leland Wayne) lawyer Lawrence Hinkle II of Sanders Roberts LLP tells TMZ … “This is a pure shakedown. These are false accusations. Mr. Wayne refused to pay her months ago, and he refuses to pay her now. Mr. Wayne will defend himself in court. He will file a claim for malicious prosecution once he prevails.”
Metro Boomin is going through a brand new lawsuit from a lady who claims she knew and trusted the Grammy-winning tremendous producer — earlier than he allegedly raped her in 2016.
TMZ Hip Hop obtained docs filed at present by a lady named Vanessa LeMaistre, who claims she was affected by despair after the loss of life of her 9-month-old son on the time, however hit it off with Metro throughout a getaway journey to Vegas within the spring of that yr.
Vanessa claims Metro invited her to his studio to hold again in Los Angeles, the place she says she noticed Metro abusing codeine, even in opposition to the warnings of his pals.
Someday in September 2016, Vanessa says she visited Metro at his studio and took half a Xanax tablet and a shot of alcohol to deal with the unhappiness over her son’s passing weighing heavy on her thoughts … and claims she quickly blacked out on the sofa.
Vanessa claims she finally regained consciousness in a mattress — with Metro on prime of her allegedly raping her and performing oral intercourse on her. After allegedly blacking out and waking once more, Vanessa says Metro appeared and knowledgeable her she was inside a Beverly Hills resort room and it was time to depart … she says she has no reminiscence of how she bought there.
Vanessa says she later discovered she was pregnant and claims it needed to be from Metro as a result of she hadn’t had intercourse with anybody else. She says she finally terminated the being pregnant in November 2016.
Vanessa additionally believes Metro joked about her trauma the next yr on his “Rap Saved Me” document costarring 21 Savage, Offset, and Quavo … which incorporates the lyrics, “She took a Xanny / Then she fainted / I’m from the gutter … ain’t no changing.”
She’s at present searching for unspecified damages for psychological ache and anguish … plus punitive damages.
We have reached out to Metro Boomin’s rep … to date, no phrase again.
Initially Revealed — 3:49 PM PT
