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Posted: 2022-11-23T22:26:55Z | Updated: 2022-11-23T22:26:55Z

Former employees who worked with Yes Yeezy fashion brand are accusing the rapper of problematic workplace behavior that partner company Adidas allowed to happen, including sharing explicit photos of Kim Kardashian and showing workers pornography, according to a new report.

In a letter to Adidas executives shared with Rolling Stone , top former Yeezy and Adidas staffers say that Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West , created an abusive work culture and used his misconduct as a form of intimidation. Instead of intervening, Adidas leadership turned their moral compass off, the former employees allege, according to Rolling Stone. The magazines Tuesday report, along with a prior story , is based on interviews with more than two dozen former Adidas and Yeezy employees.

These accusations include Ye playing pornography to Yeezy staff in meetings, showing employees intimate photos of his then-wife Kim Kardashian, and playing his own sex tapes to team members.

Titled The Truth About Yeezy: A Call to Action for Adidas Leadership, the letter demands that executive board members and the CEO of Adidas address the toxic and chaotic environment that Kanye West created as well as a very sick pattern of predacious behavior toward women who worked with Ye.

Difficult moments happened, with executives in the room VP level or higher and nothing would be done. Youd still show up to work the next day, the letter reads. The report and letter come a month after Adidas cut ties with Ye over his antisemitic remarks .

Publicists who were listed as representing Ye did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment. Rolling Stone was also unable to reach Ye, who has reportedly been dropped by multiple representatives and attorneys who could otherwise speak on his behalf.

In a statement to HuffPost, an Adidas spokesperson declined to address the new allegations, saying, We will not discuss private conversations, details or events that [led] to our decision to terminate the adidas Yeezy partnership.

We have been and continue to be actively engaged in conversations with our employees about the events that led to our decision to end the partnership, the spokesperson said. They have our full support.