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Los Angeles police investigating Ye after battery complaint

The street where the alleged battery happened is outside Soho West, a members-only downtown club popular with celebrities.

By  Associated Press
   
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Kanye West appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills on Feb. 9, 2020.

Kanye West appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills on Feb. 9, 2020.

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LOS ANGELES — Police are investigating after a battery report was filed Thursday against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

The incident that spurred the complaint took place in downtown Los Angeles at about 3 a.m. Thursday, LAPD spokeswoman Redina Puentes said. No arrests have been made.

The street where the alleged battery happened is outside Soho West, a members-only downtown club popular with celebrities.

An email seeking comment from a representative for Ye, the 44-year-old rapper, producer and fashion designer who legally changed his name last year, was not immediately returned.

He is in the midst of divorce proceedings with Kim Kardashian West, who requested in December that she be declared legally single and have his former last name dropped.

His ex Kim Kardashian West and their four children — North West, 8, Saint West, 5, Chicago West, 3, and Psalm West, 2 — all bear his former surname. Kardashian West didn’t change her last name back to Kardashian when she filed for divorce in February.

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