Renowned hip-hop producer Metro Boomin has gone on trial in California over allegations that he sexually assaulted Vanessa LeMaistre in 2016. The civil case opened Tuesday (Sept. 23) at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Los Angeles.

LeMaistre, who filed her lawsuit last year, testified that she decided to pursue justice after a therapy session in Peru, where she consumed the psychedelic plant Ayahuasca.

“I recall being instructed from the medicine that this is the root of your issues for the past 10 years, this incident with the defendant,” she told the jury. “This is the root of continual trauma and pain and suffering, and that I needed to address this, seek justice and contact lawyers.”

According to LeMaistre, Metro Boomin allegedly gave her half a

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