Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is being accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he strangled a model on a music video set in 2010 and shoved his fingers in her mouth in what the suit refers to as “pornographic gagging.

Model Jenifer "Jenn" An has accused Kanye West, now known as Ye, in lawsuit that he assaulted her while filming a music video in New York City in 2010.

This is art. This is f--king art. I am like Picasso,” West allegedly told Jennifer An on the set of a music video in 2010.

According to the lawsuit, West arrived on set with his then-girlfriend Selita Ebanks and took control of the shoot. An claimed that West singled her out as the only Asian, and then moved her to a couch in the back of the suite. An alleged West began to choke her and then smothered her face with his hands, causing her makeup to smear.

“America’s Next Top Model” alum Jenn An has accused Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, of strangling and sexually assaulting her on a music video set in 2010, according to a federal lawsuit she filed this week.

Kanye West is being sued for allegedly assaulting a model on the set of a music video. The 'Stronger' hitmaker has been accused of choking 'America's Next Top Model' finalist Jenn An and subjecting her to "pornographic gagging" when she was working on the music video for La Roux's 'In for the Kill' at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan in 2010.

Jenn An, a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model," sued Kanye "Ye" West for an alleged sexual assault and strangulation in 2010.

In the lawsuit filed in New York federal court, the model accused the rapper, of staging "his own production" by asking a camera crew to film him choking her

The model Jenifer An claims that West choked and gagged her while filming the visual for his and La Roux’s “In for the Kill”

Kanye West is facing legal action over an alleged assault during a 2010 music video shoot. The plaintiff seeks damages for physical and emotional distress.