Soulja Boy, the Grammy-nominated rapper, appeared in a California courtroom Thursday for the first day of his civil trial involving allegations he beat and raped a woman while she was working as his personal assistant for nearly two years,

American rapper and producer Deandre Cortez Way, better known as ‘Soulja Boy,’ has begun his civil trial concerning allegations of sexual assault and kidnapping. The 'Crank That' artist appeared in court in Los Angeles over a lawsuit that was filed against him by his former personal assistant in 2021.

A woman claims she worked as a personal assistant to the rapper for nearly two years but was never paid and was subjected to repeated physical and sexual abuse.