Kanye West reveals the future of their collaboration: adidas + KANYE WEST at Milk Studios on June 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Jonathan Leibson/ GI
Adidas claims it is checking out claims of unsuitable office conduct by the rap artist previously referred to as Kanye West that ex-employees made in a confidential letter likewise implicating the German sports apparel brand name of disregarding.
Adidas, that made his Yeezy line, cut ties with Ye last month over his offensive and also antisemitic comments after encountering stress to comply with various other brand names and also firms in finishing collaborations with the rap artist. It claimed it anticipated to take a hit of 250 million euros ($ 246 million) to its take-home pay this year from the step.
Ye was put on hold from Twitter and also Instagram over his comments however has actually been back tweeting this month.
Rolling Stone has reported that it talked with greater than 2 loads previous Yeezy and also Adidas employees and also acquired a letter from a number of previous Yeezy staff members to the sports apparel business declaring that Ye developed a hazardous workplace by revealing sex-related images and also video clips in conferences, making off-color remarks and also harassing individuals that helped him. All the previous staff members talked with the publication on problem of privacy.
The letter implicated the business of learning about the bothersome habits and also stopping working to safeguard staff members.
“It is currently not clear whether the accusations made in an anonymous letter are true. However, we take these allegations very seriously and have taken the decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter immediately to address the allegations,” Claudia Lange, head of media relationships for Adidas, claimed in a declaration Friday (Nov 25).
She claimed the business was not sharing even more information regarding the examination in the meantime.
Ye’s last recognized songs and also individual agents really did not quickly reply to e-mails looking for remark.
Adidas likewise attended to Ye’s previous comments that led the business to cut its connection with him, stating Friday that it “does not tolerate hate speech and offensive behavior and therefore has terminated the adidas Yeezy partnership.”
“We have been and continue to be actively engaged in conversations with our employees about the events that lead (sic) to our decision to end the partnership,” Lange claimed in the declaration. “They have our full support and as we’re working through the details of the termination.”
The business, which called a brand-new CEO this month in a sped-up timeline for a power transfer, claimed it has the civil liberties to item layouts besides the Yeezy name and also is creating prepare for what to do with existing supply.
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