Overview

• Metro Boomin denied any assault on the stand, saying he had two consensual encounters in 2016 and that he always used a condom.
• Plaintiff Vanessa LeMaistre testified she blacked out after taking half a Xanax and alcohol, awoke to being assaulted, later had an abortion, and believed lyrics in “Rap Saved Me” referenced her experience.
• LeMaistre said a 2024 ayahuasca ceremony led her to file the suit and jurors saw notes in which she planned to “blow the whistle,” contact Cassie Ventura’s lawyers, and seek $3.4 million to $3.7 million.
• The defense argued LeMaistre sought to change Planned Parenthood records and portrayed the lawsuit as a “drug-induced” extortion plan, while Metro said he produced the beat and did not author the cited lyrics.
• LeMaistre’s team moved for a mistrial over alleged improper references to sexual history, and the defense called a UCLA psychologist who testified she diagnosed the plaintiff with borderline personality disorder with psychotic features.