'Top Model' Star Says Ye Sexually Assaulted, Choked Her on Music Video Set

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has seen sexual assault allegations in the past, but his latest comes from a model who says she was violated on the set of a 2010 music video.

According to Rolling Stone, season 13 America's Next Top Model competitor Jenn An filed a lawsuit on Friday against Ye, accusing him of sexually assaulting and strangling her on the shoot of a 2010 music video for La Roux's "In for the Kill."

Per the filing, the music video was shot at a Chelsea Hotel suite in Manhattan "on or about Sept. 7, 2010." An claims that Ye said, "Give me the Asian girl," selecting her to be one of the video models. When An told him, "I'm not wearing very much, Ye allegedly replied, "That's why I chose you." The lawsuit states that An was "only wearing revealing lingerie."

Ye was said to be at the hotel with his then-girlfriend, model Selita Ebanks, when he allegedly "[began] filming the sexual assault to which he was about to subject Plaintiff," after ordering other video models and background players to leave the room.

Ye allegedly strangled An with both hands in order before he "rammed several fingers" down her throat and simultaneously smeared her makeup. This alleged "forced oral sex" simulation took place for over a minute before Ye yelled, "This is art. This is fucking art. I am like Picasso.'"

According to the lawsuit, An "felt as if she had temporarily blacked out" and had trouble breathing while her "face was covered in saliva and smeared makeup" after it was over.

The lawsuit also names Interscope and Universal Music Group for allegedly allowing Ye to "gag Plaintiff on a music video set, without consequence."

The model-actress now requests a jury trial for punitive damages, legal fees, and "damages for mental, emotional and physical injury, distress, pain and suffering, and injury to reputation," citing the rapper's claimed violations of New York's Gender Motivated Violence Act.

Ye has been accused of sexual assault and workplace hostility in the past, including a modified lawsuit that was submitted in October by a former assistant, who accused the Vultures 2 artist of sex trafficking and sex assault.

According to NBC News, An now seeks to "hold the abusers accountable through the legal system," wanting her lawsuit to create "a safer world for us and for future artists."