{"id":334344,"date":"2026-03-07T20:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:41:14","slug":"kanye-west-appears-to-nod-off-in-usd-1-million-malibu-mansion-court-trial-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/334344\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West appears to nod off in USD 1 million Malibu mansion court trial | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KanyeYe, previously recognized as Kanye West, took the stand in a Malibu mansion trial and appeared noticeably sluggish and vague. During his testimony, he frequently stated that he couldn\u2019t remember important aspects of contractor Tony Saxon\u2019s contributions, prompting concerns over his concentration. Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West<\/a>, drew attention in court during testimony in the Malibu mansion trial after appearing tired and repeatedly saying he could not remember key details. The case centers on contractor Tony Saxon, who claims he is owed USD 1 million in wages and expenses tied to work on Ye\u2019s former beachside property in 2021. While Ye answered some questions directly, much of his testimony was marked by brief responses, long pauses, and repeated claims that he did not recall the events.<\/p>\n

Kanye West’s Malibu mansion trial testimony<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone reported that Ye repeatedly yawned, closed his eyes for long stretches, and at times seemed to catch his head falling forward as if dozing while seated on the witness stand. The publication added that the sleepy performance prompted glances among people in the gallery. and said that Ron Zambrano, the attorney for plaintiff Tony Saxon, mouthed to a fellow lawyer, \u201cIs he asleep?\u201d <\/p>\n

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Courthouse News Service also reported that Ye \u201cat times appeared to nod off in the small courtroom in downtown Los Angeles as Zambrano quizzed him.\u201d When he was alert, Ye often answered with \u201cyes,\u201d \u201cno,\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t recall.\u201d Still, one exchange stood out. Emilie Hagen, who has been posting updates from the trial on Instagram, recalled that Ye denied remembering several moments with Saxon, including trips to McDonald\u2019s and a hardware store, as well as a call when Saxon ran out of gas. But when asked, \u201c\u2018Do you have any memory of Mr. Saxon having a bad body odor?\u2019\u201d Ye answered, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ye’s testimony and Bianca Censori’s court appearance<\/p>\n

Ye also corrected the lawyer on how he should be addressed,\u201cIt\u2019s just Ye. No \u2018mister.\u201d He did offer more detail on a few points. Asked whether he wanted every staircase in the house turned into slides, Ye said he wanted only one staircase changed. Regarding his claim that he wanted all plumbing and electricity removed, he said the plumbing would remain, but \u201cit was going to be a different system.\u201dHis testimony followed Bianca Censori\u2019s appearance on the stand a day earlier. She also said she could \u201cnot recall\u201d many details but spoke more than Ye did. Censori insisted Saxon had misrepresented his credentials, saying, \u201cWhen I stopped working at the house, I said, \u2018Do you have a contractor\u2019s license?\u2019 And he said he did.\u201d Saxon disputed that account, testifying, \u201cI told him I was just a guy with a minivan, not a licensed contractor.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ye, previously recognized as Kanye West, took the stand in a Malibu mansion trial and appeared noticeably sluggish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[153794,321,59184,153795,93,61,60,26614,153790,153789,153791,153792,153793],"class_list":["post-334344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bianca-censori-court-appearance","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-lawsuits","tag-contractor-disputes","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kanye-west","tag-kanye-west-court-trial","tag-kanye-west-testimony","tag-malibu-mansion-lawsuit","tag-tony-saxon-contractor","tag-ye-testimony-details"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}