Metro Boomin is facing a civil trial in Los Angeles after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2016.
The trial began Tuesday at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
Vanessa LeMaistre, who filed suit against the hit-making producer last year, told jurors that she chose to seek justice only after a breakthrough during a therapy session in Peru. Under the influence of the psychedelic plant Ayahuasca, she said she realized she needed to confront the trauma she had carried for years.
“I recall being instructed from the medicine that this is the root of your issues for the past 10 years, this incident with the defendant. This is the root of continual trauma and pain and suffering, and that I needed to address this, seek justice and contact lawyers,” LeMaistre testified, according to legal affairs and trials reporter Meghann Cuniff. “
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LeMaistre alleges that Metro had sex with her in a Las Vegas hotel room after giving her half a Xanax pill and a shot of liquor, leaving her unconscious and unable to consent. “I didn’t know consent means when someone says no or they’re not able to consent, that that still is rape,” she told the jury.
Metro himself is expected to testify before the trial concludes. Proceedings are scheduled to wrap up on Friday, Sept. 26.
Metro’s attorney, Lawrence Hinkle, has dismissed the lawsuit as a financial ploy, claiming she filed the lawsuit to solve her money troubles.
Hinkle added that the defense will call UCLA psychology chief April Thames to testify that LeMaistre has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder with psychotic features, major depressive disorder, and PTSD. “She will testify that there is no credible evidence to indicate that the alleged assault has contributed to LeMaistre’s current psychological functioning,” Hinkle said.