Drakeis suing a woman who claimed he got her pregnant and sexually assaulted her, alleging that she made the whole thing up in order to extort millions of dollars from him.
The Canadian rapper, 31, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Laquana Morris — a New Yorker who works in the adult industry under the name “Layla Lace” — seeking unspecified damages for civil extortion, intentional infliction of emotional distress, abuse of process, fraud, and defamation.
A representative for Lace could not be located and was not listed in the suit. Lace did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
When Drake stopped responding to her messages, Lace allegedly contacted a mutual friend who had introduced her to the rapper. She claimed, in screengrabs of her texts in the dispute, that she had bought a flight to see Drake but had lost out on $1,600 when she had to cancel due to his lack of response.
Lace then allegedly posted on a now-deleted Instagram saying that she was pregnant. “So I guess still in this era this is the new thing that after you tell a dude you pregnant they stop answering they phone,” she wrote, in part, in a post that was allegedly shared on April 17, 2017. “I feel so stupid… I never told this man ‘No’ I did everything he told me to do… ((NEVER)) asked him for a dime… But don’t worry ima make sure I make a field day out of your f—ing ass.”
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The lawsuit claims that Lace posted yet another Instagram threatening to leak messages between her and Drake. That month, she also gave an on-air interview to SiriusXM’sShade 45, repeating the allegation that Drake impregnated her.
“It’s 100 percent sure. He knows it. I’m just going to leave it at that,” she said in a clip from the show posted to Instagram, adding that after she told Drake, “He pretty much was like, ‘Ima call you back’ and the phone calls just stopped.”
Drake’s lawyers responded to Lace’s counsel, the lawsuit claims, saying that he would support the child if it was his but requested a paternity test. They also stated Drake never made any statement to the press about meeting Lace. According to the lawsuit, phone calls continued between the two legal teams until May 26, 2017 — when Lace allegedly refused to take a paternity test.
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Her final alleged threats are why Drake filed his suit.
When reached for comment, Drake’s rep referred PEOPLE to the suit.
source: people.com
