A freelancer is suing Kanye West's Yeezy brand, claiming she was only paid $15,000 of a $110,000 fee for a photoshoot

• A freelance creative director is suing Kanye West's Yeezy brand, claiming she is owed $95,000.
• Katelyn Mooney says she agreed a $110,000 fee for work she carried out, but has only been paid $15,000.

A freelance creative director is suing Kanye West's Yeezy brand, claiming she is owed around $95,000 in unpaid fees.

Katelyn Mooney, a New York-based creative director, was hired to conduct a photoshoot of West's line of SHDZ sunglasses in September on an "extremely tight schedule," per court documents.

The complaint states that Yeezy had not complained about Mooney's work or the final product, but had since only paid her $15,000 of the $110,000 fee she had agreed on with Yeezy employees via text messages.

Mooney filed the complaint against Yeezy in a New York court on December 7.

The court documents state that the freelancer sent the company an invoice and repeatedly requested to be paid.

The mother of three also claimed that Yeezy's failure to "timely pay her" meant she had to take out a "significant loan and max out her credit cards just to cover her rent and other bills," according to court documents.

The complaint states that: "This abuse of an independent freelancer was the exact type of exploitative conduct Freelance Isn't Free Act (FIFA) was enacted to address."

Representatives for Mooney and Yeezy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours.

West's Yeezy brand has been plagued with controversy in recent months. In October, Adidas terminated its partnership with West citing "hateful and dangerous" comments made by the rapper.

Since then, multiple Yeezy employees have spoken out about a toxic working environment created at the Adidas-Yeezy partnership. Adidas has since launched an investigation into accusations it ignored the alleged inappropriate behavior by West.

Yeezy also reportedly owes the state of California $600,000 in unpaid taxes, with legal claims dating back to 2020.