Kanye West is no handyman — at least according to a hilarious new claim in the disgraced rapper’s latest legal saga.
Tony Saxon, the man suing Ye for more than $1 million stemming from work he did at West’s $57 million Malibu mansion took the stand in an LA courtroom Wednesday. Saxon told a story of a bizarre trip he made with Ye to a Home Depot back in 2021 in the middle of the renovation process at the home.
While working around the clock in September 2021 to “remove everything from the beachfront property — including the toilets,” Saxon testified that Kanye asked, “If we go to Home Depot and get tools, will this go faster?” To which Saxon said yes.
West then loaded up Saxon and another worker in his then-wife Kim Kardashian’s Lamborghini, the handyman testified.
Saxon says in the hour the group spent at Home Depot they never even bought tools. Saxon testified West “had gotten distracted by a flower arrangement,” causing them to miss out on buying any equipment.
The trip wasn’t totally lost, as the the next stop in the Lambo after Home Depot was at a Malibu McDonald’s for breakfast. The posse ate inside, and Saxon claimed he had to help Ye pay with his phone as he “didn’t know how the cash register worked,” he told the jury.
Saxon said once he was dropped back off at the Malibu property he fell asleep, only to be awakened by a call from West a short time later who said he ran out of gas in the Lamborghini.
Saxon told the jury he had to teach West how to use the location device on his phone to track him down. When Saxon found the Grammy Award-winning singer on Pacific Coast Highway, the car was in a ditch and West had his head and face completely covered, Saxon said.
To make things worse, Saxon testified he was the one who had to pay for the gas for Ye.
As a sign of appreciation, Saxon said West paid him back when he “drew a bath” for the handyman at the nearby Nobu Hotel the next day. West also ordered Saxon to “always dress in black” after he wore a blue sweatshirt to work, Saxon testified.
The court case centers around the tumultuous remodeling of the rapper’s beachfront Malibu mansion.
In addition to unpaid wages and unsafe working conditions, Saxon alleges wrongful termination after he was hired to manage, secure, and live on the property during its renovation, according to court documents.
The rapper’s overhaul of the structure removed almost all of the original design.
Both West and his wife Bianca Censori are expected to testify at the trial.
