Kanye West Malibu Mansion Worker Asks Jury to Award $1.7 Million in Damages

A man who says he was injured while working at Kanye West ’s $57 million Malibu beach mansion — and allegedly fired for refusing to run carbon monoxide–spewing generators indoors — is asking a jury to award him $1.7 million in damages from the artist now known as Ye. Plaintiff Tony Saxon sat in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday as his lawyer, Ron Zambrano, revealed the requested award for the first time during the two-week civil trial .

If jurors decide Ye acted with malice, they could tack on hefty punitive damages, too. In clashing closing arguments, Zambrano and Ye’s lawyer, Andrew Cherkasky, offered starkly different interpretations of the evidence. Zambrano said Saxon, 35, was clearly hired as an employee, and that he produced thousands of pages of records to prove his case. By comparison, Ye’s legal team handed over 19 pages, he said.

“He kept things that were embarrassing, and he still presented it to you,” Zambrano said of his client. “Mr. Saxon, for all his layers, was transparent with you. He has been victimized, and he got hurt.”