The woman who is suing Metro Boomin for sexual assault has already requested a mistrial on the first day of trial.
On Tuesday, September 23, the Grammy Award-winning producer, born Leland Wayne, appeared at a courthouse in Los Angeles as the jury heard opening statements. According to Billboard , the civil lawsuit was filed by Vanessa LeMaistre, who claimed she took Xanax and alcohol during a recording session at his studio in 2016 and woke up to him raping her. Metro denied her allegations and asserted that their sexual activity was consensual. He argued that the lawsuit was part of a “classic celebrity shakedown” that LeMaistre created while high on ayahuasca.
During the opening statements, Metro Boomin's defense attorneys mentioned that the producer and LeMaistre had consens