Kanye West is reportedly “terrified” to return to the United States amid Diddy’s sex trafficking case. So, will he give up his new $35 million mansion?

Kanye West reportedly “terrified to return to the United States” because he faces “multiple lawsuits” as he and his wife Bianca Censori have moved to Tokyo, less than three months after the rapper splashed out a whopping $35 million on a brand new mega-mansion in Beverly Hills.

According to DailyMail.com, this very expensive property purchase has remained largely unoccupied as West, 47, and Censori, 30, who married in 2022, live out their lives abroad with the alleged aim of avoid spending too much time in the United States. this was allegedly motivated by the shocking sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Although West was not named in any of the charges against his once-close friend, Diddy, sources claimed he feared facing a similar legal storm following sexual assault allegations made against him by his former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta.

Pisciotta made a number of shocking allegations against West, initially accusing him of wrongful termination in June, claiming in his lawsuit that he fired her because she refused to sleep with him. She then updated her complaint in October to include a number of other shocking allegations, including an incident she says took place during a studio session hosted by West and Combs.

West has denied all of her allegations, but sources say he is still eager to avoid any potential involvement in Combs’ legal troubles.

“With this whole Diddy thing, Kanye is terrified,” a source told DailyMail.com, just days after his ex-wife, Kim Kardashianaccused her ex-partner of being the absent father of their four children: Psalm5, Chicago6, Saint9, and North11.

However, the source told the outlet that his refusal to return to the United States had nothing to do with his children and everything to do with the law.

“Kanye’s reasoning for not being (in the United States) has nothing to do with his children and has everything to do with the multiple lawsuits he is facing in the United States,” the source continued.

Despite his alleged determination to avoid returning home, West has done little to keep a low profile over the past few months, which have seen him travel to far-flung locations with Censori, including Tuscany, Paris, Russia and Dubai. Recent reports also suggest that he and his wife are now settling in Japan.

West has been spotted on American soil several times over the past year. However, he seems to have spent the majority of his time traveling, which begs the question: why did he choose to invest in such an expensive building in Beverly Hills?

The rapper shelled out a huge sum for the mansion, having just suffered a whopping $36 million loss on a Malibu beach house he purchased for $57.25 million in 2021. After bought the house, designed by the architect Tadao AndoWest then proceeded to destroy it, reducing the once-revered building to little more than a shell.

He abandoned those plans shortly afterward and put the house back on the market, eventually selling it to the developer. Steven “Bo” Belmont for a crazy discount.

Yet even this financial loss didn’t stop West from spending another extravagant real estate investment in the form of an enormous mansion located in a gated and exclusive neighborhood.

Real estate records viewed by Realtor.com® reveal the rapper purchased his 11-bedroom, 18-bathroom mansion in the exclusive Beverly North Park community through an LLC, the same LLC he used to purchase his $57.25 million Malibu property in 2021.

West purchased his new home in an off-market transaction; The property was last put on the market in 2022, when it sold for $24.5 million, records show.

And while the musician’s latest real estate investment doesn’t offer the same ocean views or proximity to the beach as his Malibu home, it does have plenty of other attractive features, including a sprawling 6-acre plot of land. 79 acres on which there is paddle tennis. courtyard, pool house and large swimming pool.

Inside the main house, which has 20,000 square feet of living space, guests enjoy a “shiny and modern” design, which offers high ceilings and enormous windows, ensuring the house is flooded of natural light.

Perhaps one of the property’s most original features is its multi-level guest residence and “entertainment pavilion,” which are connected to the main house via a “futuristic steel-columned bridge” open to elements and crossing the main aisle.

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The house was built in 2000, after being commissioned by the famous mathematician Normand Zadaaccording to information from the original announcement.

It was designed by the architect Richard Landrywho is often referred to as the “King of the Megamansion” and has worked with many high-profile clients in the Los Angeles area over the years.

West closed on the property on October 25, just two months after successfully selling his scandal-plagued Malibu property at a huge loss.

The rapper, whose net worth is estimated at $400 million, according to Forbes, purchased the iconic home in 2021 for a whopping $57.25 million. He then gutted the property designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Ando, ​​apparently hoping to transform it into a modernist bomb shelter.

However, the musician abandoned his plans shortly after, leaving it empty and exposed to the elements. The property’s dilapidated state sparked a furious response from architecture enthusiasts.

Despite its disrepair, West listed the property for a whopping $53 million in January 2024, bringing in a celebrity agent and the “Selling Sunset” star. Jason Oppenheim to help him get rid of the house.

Unsurprisingly, the concrete mansion failed to attract a buyer. In April, the price was reduced to $39 million.

Three months later, the listing was updated to reflect that a sale was pending — and now, the identity of the buyer has been revealed, along with the painfully large loss West suffered on the property .

Belwood Investments, a California-based real estate investment company, paid approximately $21 million for the house, and in a press release, its CEO, Belmont, announced plans to invest an additional $5 million to restore Ando’s original work.

Unsurprisingly, this wasn’t the first time West’s property profile raised eyebrows as he put his Monster Lake Ranch in Wyoming on the market, just two years after purchasing it.

Although it’s unclear how much the rapper spent on the ranch, it was estimated to be between $13 million and $14 million before the price was reduced to $11 million.

The home appears to have been acquired by another buyer in June 2024, with the listing revealing the “once-in-a-lifetime” property includes a lodge, commercial kitchen and entertainment amenities such as a go-kart track and trophy. trout fishing.

The 3,888 acres offer views of the sandstone cliffs and the Absaroka Range, making it a “premier Wyoming ranch investment,” the listing adds.

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