Ye and his wife Bianca Censori plan to pursue legal action against the rapper's former dentist after he allegedly got him addicted to nitrous oxide.
According to a report The Hollywood Reporter published on Thursday, May 1, Ye's attorneys sent a letter of intent to Dr. Thomas Connelly detailing the malpractice allegations they've lodged against him. Andrew Cherkasky, the president of Golden Law, accused Connelly of providing Ye with the laughing gas and encouraging him to use the nitrous oxide at home without medical supervision. He also alleged Bianca Censori witnessed and was impacted by Ye's addiction to the nitrous oxide.
“Evidence shows that during the time Ye was under your care, you engaged in numerous inappropriate and dangerous practices that were far outside the bounds of any legitimate medical purpose or standard of care,” Cherkasky wrote. “These actions were not isolated incidents but rather part of a pattern of improper conduct by you from 2024 through 2025 while Ye was your patient. Ms. Censori, as Ye’s spouse, was a witness to and impacted by many of these events (some of which took place at their shared residence).”
Ye began seeing Dr. Connelly after the self-proclaimed luxury cosmetic dentist for celebrities installed a titanium crown on the rapper's teeth. Rumors about Ye's addiction to nitrous oxide began last year after his rep Milo Yiannopoulos claimed Dr. Connelly regularly provided Ye with the nitrous oxide to his residence, and provided text messages between the two as proof. In the letter, Cherkasky claimed Connelly provided large tanks, masks, and other equipment to Ye along with instructions on how to dispense the nitrous oxide at home.
In addition, Cherkasky also alleged Connelly allowed Ye to abuse the laughing gas despite the neurological symptoms he displayed including confusion, memory lapses, incoherence, unpredictable changes in mood, impaired motor function, and other cognitive and behavioral issues. Connelly also charged Ye upwards to $50,000 a month for his services, which sometimes reached into the hundreds of thousands. He also accused Connelly of essentially abandoning Ye after his symptoms got worse. He neglected to provide follow-up care, detoxification or referrals after Ye got addicted to the gas.
“As a result, in this instance, Ye suffered extreme mental and physical distress leading to urgent medical care,” Cherkasky wrote. “In another instance, evidence suggests additional improper usage of propofol or similar controlled substances when Ye had diminished capacity and was not aware of or capable of knowingly consent for the usage of this substance due.”
Ye's addiction to the laughing gas was evident following his radical outbursts on social media, and his odd Super Bowl LIX commercial for Yeezy.com. In the ad, he simply recorded a video of himself at the dentist's office and told fans to go to his website. Dr. Connelly previously denied the allegations Yiannopoulos made last year, but he has yet to comment on Ye's plans to sue.