<p id=”par-1_70″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/kanye-west/?swcfpc=1″>Kanye West</a> and his wife, Bianca Censori, have been out of the United States for much of the past eight months, reportedly out of fear of legal problems after <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sean-diddy-combs/?swcfpc=1″>Sean “Diddy” Combs’</a> arrest. The rapper is currently facing multiple lawsuits and has connections to Combs. It’s difficult for someone of his level of fame to vanish abroad, though. While West is American, he has dedicated fans all over the world.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kanye-west-is-reportedly-staying-abroad-to-avoid-lawsuits-and-the-diddy-scandal”>Kanye West is reportedly staying abroad to avoid lawsuits and the Diddy scandal</h2>
<p id=”par-2_52″>West and Censori have been traveling for months, hitting places like Tuscany, Paris, Russia, Dubai, and Tokyo. According to insiders, the endless vacation has little to do with wanting to see the world. Instead, they claim that West wants to dodge the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-wests-legal-troubles-stress-kim-kardashian-rumored-evade-lawsuits-sources-say.html/”>lawsuits against him</a>. He currently faces a number of them.</p>
<p id=”par-3_36″>“Kanye’s reasoning for not being [in America] has nothing to do with his children and has everything to do with the multiple lawsuits that he is facing in the States,” a source told the <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14260031/Kanye-West-Diddy-sean-combs-lawsuits.html” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Daily Mail</a>.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Kanye-West.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Kanye West wears a blazer and sunglasses.” class=”wp-image-3760275″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Kanye West | Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images for Vanity Fair</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_30″>He also worries about his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-west-hinted-sean-diddy-combs-inspired-marry-kim-kardashian.html/”>connection to Combs</a>, whom he was friends with for years. After Combs’ arrest, many of his famous friends have worked to distance themselves from him.</p>
<p id=”par-5_12″>“With all this stuff with Diddy, Kanye is terrified,” the source said.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-how-famous-is-the-rapper-abroad”>How famous is the rapper abroad?</h2>
<p id=”par-6_38″>While West has <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-west-antisemitic-comments-just-cost-billionaire-status-all-brands-dropped-him.html/”>faced near-constant criticism</a> in the United States in recent years, he enjoys continued success in Asia. In 2024, he sold out 42,000 seats in Haikou, the capital of China’s southern Hainan island province, within minutes.</p>
<p id=”par-7_56″>According to the <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-09-19/chinas-flagging-economy-and-kanye-west-give-each-other-a-needed-boost” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>LA Times</a>, the concerts he played in the city brought in $52.8 million in tourism revenue. In addition, the first show garnered $7 million in ticket sales. This is massive when compared to the fact that he only brought in $12 million in a five-show series in the US earlier in the year.</p>
<p id=”par-8_18″>West also continually has platinum albums in countries like New Zealand, England, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and others.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kanye-west-has-been-accused-of-misconduct-with-sean-diddy-combs”>Kanye West has been accused of misconduct with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</h2>
<p id=”par-9_49″>West’s former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta, accused him of wrongful termination and sexual harassment in June. In October, she updated the filing to allege that he sexually assaulted her in 2021. She alleges that he “touched, groped, fondled, grabbed and forced himself in and on” multiple occasions (per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/10/13/kanye-west-lawsuit-sexual-assault-diddy/75659470007/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>USA Today</a>).</p>
<p id=”par-10_58″>Pisciotta said that West invited her to a studio session with Combs. She accepted a drink she believes was laced with a drug that put her in a “heavily impaired state.” Pisciotta said she woke up the following morning with no memory of what happened and had “no reason to believe she was touched inappropriately or sexually assaulted.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Kanye-West-Sean-Diddy-Combs.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Kanye West and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs stand next to each other in 2016 at the MTV Video Music Awards” class=”wp-image-3762902″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Kanye West and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs | Kevin Mazur/WireImage</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-11_27″>Years later, however, Pisciotta said West told her they “hooked up” that night, leading her to believe she was “in fact drugged and sexually assaulted” by him.</p>
<p id=”par-12_49″>“She could not stomach the fact that she worked for the man who had sexually assaulted her against her will while she was drugged, who then successfully lured her back into his orbit by way of a job opportunity to sexually assault her all over again,” said the complaint. </p>
<p id=”par-13_10″>Pisciotta said she feared retaliation from West for speaking up.</p>
<p id=”par-14_33″><strong><em>How to get help: </em></strong><em>In the U.S., call the RAINN National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to connect with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.</em></p>