Kanye West to pay handyman $140K in mansion trial
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By Christine Samra
Published on March 11, 2026.
A Los Angeles jury has ordered Kanye West, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and former self-proclaimed "Jesus Walk" star, to pay handyman, Tony Saxon $140,000 after he claimed he was not fully compensated for renovations to his Malibu mansion. Saxon claimed that Ye promised to pay him $20,000 per week under a 2021 deal but only made one payment and $100,000 for construction costs. The jury did not find that Saxon was wrongfully terminated and that Ye did not engage in "malice, oppression, or fraud". Saxon's lawsuit also claimed that he was forced to sleep on the mansion floor while acting as a security guard and was fired in 2021 for not complying with the artist's "arentous requests".
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