Kanye West has 'amicably resolved' his $10 million lawsuit with insurers Lloyd's of London over his cancelled Liufe Of Pablo tour.
The rapper, 40, who is married to Kim Kardashian, sued Lloyd's after the London-based firm refused to pay out citing drug and drink clauses in its contract.
Kanye's firm, Very Good Touring, sued the insurer and its syndicates claiming they were refusing to pay out by alleging his marijuana use was responsible for his medical condition.
The recording artist scrapped the remaining 21 dates of his Saint Pablo tour and was treated at a psychiatric centre in Los Angeles in November 2016 after falling ill.
A judge in California dismissed the case on Wednesday after being requested to do so by lawyers from both sides.
West's lawyer Howard King and the insurer's attorney Paul Schrieffer both said they were unable to comment, other than to say the matter had been 'amicably resolved'.
The initial lawsuit detailed how the rapper quit while playing in Sacramento, California, because of his 'strained, confused and erratic' behaviour.
He then spent eight days in a neuropsychiatric centre at UCLA where it was decided he could not go on with the tour, it added.
His behaviour also included pledging his support to then US presidential candidate Donald Trump and making controversial statements about Jay-Z and Beyonce.
Kanye spent 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' on insurance with Lloyd's to cover the costs of a cancellation but was yet to receive a payment when he launched the action in August.
Lawyers for Lloyd's of London denied implying that the rapper's 'use of marijuana provides the sole basis to deny the claim' and said there were 'substantial irregularities' in his medical history.
In dismissing the case, Los Angeles federal court Judge Charles Eick ordered both sides to pay their own fees and costs.
source-dailymail
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