Bianca Censori is unrecognizable in demure outfit arriving at court to testify in $57m Kanye West lawsuit

Bianca Censori turned heads on Thursday as she arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse to testify in a lawsuit against husband Kanye West, debuting a modest look far removed from her usual risqué ensembles.

The Australia-born model and architect, 31, famous for her barely-there outfits including her nearly nude 2025 Grammys appearance, appeared unusually conservative in a black cardigan paired with a long skirt.

Her towering heels gave a subtle nod to her normally glamorous style, but her hair was swept back into a tight bun and she wore spectacles, completing the understated ensemble.

Censori arrived shortly after plaintiff Tony Saxon was seen entering the Los Angeles Superior Court.

West and Censori are set to testify in the civil lawsuit filed by Saxon, who was hired in 2021 as a project manager to renovate West’s Malibu mansion and is alleging unpaid wages, hazardous working conditions, and wrongful termination.

The legal dispute stems from an initial arrangement reached in September 2021, when West was planning a series of drastic renovations to an oceanfront Malibu mansion he purchased for more than $57 million.

Saxon told the court in legal documents that, in fulfilling West's unique specifications, he provided multiple services. They included project management, property caretaker and security.

Saxon said in legal documents that he spent up to 16 hours a day working on the remodel, and sometimes had to sleep on the ground with his coat to remain on schedule.

Saxon said in his legal filing that things between him and the Runaway rapper went awry two months into the endeavor, in November 2021.

The contractor told the court he voiced his opposition to a number of requests West made regarding the renovation of the home.

Saxon said West ordered him to demolish the marble bathrooms and remove all plumbing, windows and electrical equipment.

When West proposed moving large generators inside the house, Saxon told the court he informed West that it would create a major fire hazard.

Saxon said in the suit that West, in response, threatened him and said he would be considered 'an enemy' if he did not fulfill his vision. 

Saxon said West told him, 'If you don't do what I say, you're not going to work for me, I'm not gonna be your friend anymore and you'll just see me on TV.'

Saxon said in legal documents that he told West he did not watch TV and was promptly fired on the spot and told to 'get the hell out' of the home. 

Saxon claimed to the court that West only paid him for one week of work. He is suing West for a number of labor code violations, and more than $1 million in unpaid wages, and damages.

In the lawsuit, Saxon said the rapper's vision for the home was to make it like 'a bomb shelter from the 1910s', according to NBC News. 

'We were going to be gutting all of that out and sort of building him a Bat Cave,' Saxon said, adding the rapper told him he wanted a place he could 'hide from the Clintons in and the Kardashians in'.

While Saxon believed the home was more of an 'art project,' he later came to realize West actually wanted to reside there. 

West 'wanted no electricity,' Saxon said.

'He only wanted plants. He only wanted candles. He only wanted battery lights. And he just wanted to have everything open and dark.'

West denied all of the accusations in a November 2023 filing requesting that the lawsuit be dismissed. 

Lawyers for the rapper said he was not responsible for the damages Saxon claimed to have suffered and that Saxon performed tasks he was unaware of. 

In a series of 2024 photos of the home, disrepair was visible: the floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the ocean had been removed, leaving that side open to the elements.

The inside of the house appeared to be crumbling and the metal railings were rusting after being exposed to the salt air, wind and water at the oceanfront location. 

West's Malibu neighbors in 2024 told TMZ his mansion was 'left to rot' and that they had not 'seen anyone around for many months.'