Kanye West has filed a $10m lawsuit against insurance firm Lloyd’s of London, alleging that the company is withholding payments in the wake of a tour that West infamously cancelled in November 2016 – and that Lloyd’s are claiming West’s “use of marijuana” is a factor in the stalled payment.

Filed by West's touring company, Very Good Touring Inc. in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, the suit alleges that the Lloyd's investigation into the canceled concerts resulted in information about West's medical condition leaking to the press.

In the filing, West alleges that the company and its agents "purposely and maliciously caused to be disseminated to news outlets privileged, private and personal information regarding Kanye and the dialogue between Very Good and the insurers."

As you may recall, Kanye suddenly canceled 21 dates of his Saint Pablo tour last fall after the armed robbery of his wife Kim Kardashian and his subsequent mental breakdown a few weeks later. Around the time of the cancellation, it was reported Kanye’s insurers could pay him all the money he was set to make on those cancelled tour dates, but it looks like that hasn’t happened—and it hasn’t even been close.
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