Drugs, Violence & Kanye's Melt

As he fights a $12.5 million legal war with his insurance company, shocking new details of Kanye’s hospitalisation are revealed...

Her husband was put in the psych ward after being handcuffed to a gurney and rushed to hospital last November, but Kim Kardashian has long downplayed the dramatic events surrounding Kanye West’s worrying meltdown.

“[It’s] forcing him to take much needed time off , which I think he just really needs,” she later said in an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

But almost a year on, the real story about Ye’s disturbing breakdown has finally been revealed.

NW has learnt that Kim gave a sworn testimony about Ye’s collapse as part of the rapper’s legal battle with his insurance company over the cancellation of his Saint Pablo Tour.

The news follows reports that more than 20 hours of secret video footage was taken of Kanye in the four days leading up to his hospitalisation.

According to a source, it shows “the deterioration of his condition and his mental breakdown” and is considered a key piece of evidence in the court case.

Indeed, following his intense, emotionally fraught behaviour, Kanye was admitted to UCLA Medical Center on November 21 for psychiatric evaluation.

At the time, it was claimed the rapper went willingly, but a source now confirms his commitment was involuntary

After spending his first night in emergency care, Ye was moved to the psychiatric unit, where he stayed for eight days.

“Kim was the only person the doctors would speak with,” reveals the source.

Having diagnosed him with sleep deprivation and dehydration, among other issues, doctors formulated a course of treatment for Kanye’s recovery – and that specifically included a ban on touring for at least six months, as well as restrictions that made being on the road impossible.