Kanye West and Bianca Censori are threatening to sue a dentist in Beverly Hills, claiming he’s accountable for the rapper’s dependancy to nitrous oxide.
The couple have despatched Dr. Thomas Connelly a proper discover of intent to sue despatched by their attorneys from Golden Legislation, accusing the dentist of malpractice. Within the doc, obtained by E! Information, they claimed Connelly supplyed Ye with giant quantities of the anesthetic whereas he underwent beauty dental remedy from 2024 to 2025, leaving him to “fend for himself with a critical induced dependancy.”
“You repeatedly administered or equipped nitrous oxide (‘laughing gasoline’) and/or different sedative substances to Ye in portions and frequencies that had no reputable dental or medical justification,” West and Censori’s legal professionals wrote to Connelly.
They declare that the dentist “ship[ed] giant ‘surgical-size’ nitrous oxide tanks to Ye’s private residence,” which they declare enabled the artist to “inhale nitrous oxide exterior of any medical setting.” The couple’s attorneys go on to say that Connelly additionally “instructed Ye on the best way to self-administer nitrous oxide” and continued giving him entry to the gasoline when he began “exhibiting distressing neurological signs and erratic conduct” in keeping with overuse.
Elsewhere within the discover, the authorized staff accuses Connelly of administering a substance much like propofol to West and discharging him with out “verifying his medical soundness.”
“In consequence, on this occasion, Ye suffered excessive psychological and bodily misery resulting in pressing medical care,” his legal professionals wrote of their letter to Connelly. “Your actions and omissions had been negligent, grossly negligent, and reckless, and a few could have been intentional and malicious.”
The authorized staff says the 47-year-old has since “sustained neurological injury and bodily hurt attributable to extended nitrous oxide publicity,” together with “important psychological trauma and emotional misery.”
“Because of your enabling, Ye developed a dependency on nitrous oxide, a situation he wouldn’t have encountered however on your misconduct,” Ye’s legal professionals wrote to Connelly. “The highway to restoration from this induced dependancy has brought about, and can proceed to trigger, ache, struggling, and important disruption to his life.”
Attorneys additionally say Censori she been “disadvantaged of the companionship, assist, companies, and conjugal relationship of her husband” throughout this time.
“As an alternative of having fun with a wholesome married life, she was compelled to witness Ye’s bodily and psychological misery and deterioration, and to imagine the burden of caring for him below extraordinarily distressing circumstances,” the couple’s counsel stated.
