Woman Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit

Woman Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit

Editor’s Note: The following story contains mentions of sexual assault and harassment. To reach the National Sexual Assault Hotline, call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit online.rainn.org.Kehinde Wiley, the widely known artist who painted Barack Obama’s official portrait held at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, has been formally accused of sexual assault in a complaint filed in New York County earlier this year, as first reported by th…

Woman Sues Kehinde Wiley For Sexual Assault

Artist Ogechi Chieke sued under New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, filing the day before the window closed. The suit claims that Wiley committed a “crime of violence motivated by gender” which “would not have occurred if Plaintiff was male.” (Wiley is an openly gay man.) – Artnet