Kanye West lawsuit alleges he tormented Jewish employee, called himself Hitler [Video]

WARNING: This story contains antisemitic language.

First, he went on a days-long antisemitic social media rant. Then, he tried to sell swastika T-shirts on his website.

And that’s just what musician and fashion designer Kanye West has been up to in the last week, never mind the last several years of controversial statements and behaviour.

But now, West, who also goes by Ye, is being sued by a former employee who says he tormented her for being Jewish, and her lawyer says enough is enough.

“We need to stop excusing Ye’s behaviour. As a father, husband and employer, he must be held accountable,” Carney Shegerian, of L.A.-based Shegerian & Associates, told CBC News in a written statement.

“Ye waged a relentless and deliberate campaign of antisemitism and misogyny against my client. His appalling treatment of women and fixation on Nazism, evident in abusive texts where he repeatedly calls himself Hitler, expose his motives,” Shegerian added.

The employee, listed only as “Jane Doe” …