Linda So and Jason Szep

(Reuters) – A publicist accused of pressuring a Georgia election worker to confess to false allegations of committing voting fraud was not “associated” with rap star Kanye West at the time she visited the worker, a representative for West said.

Reuters reports that Trevian Kutti, a publicist met Friday with Ruby Freeman. Ruby Freeman was a Fulton County voter who was under attack by Donald Trump’s allies. She claimed that Ruby had processed fake votes for Democratic Joe Biden.

Freeman claimed that Kutti attempted to accuse her of election fraud, and threatened her with arrest. Kutti also said the election worker faced unspecified “danger,” according to a police report. Freeman claims that Kutti tried to pressurize Freeman into taking part in an exchange for his help.

A number of media reports have cited Kutti’s association with West since 2018.

Pierre Rougier, a spokesperson for West, said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday: “Trevian Kutti was not associated with Kanye West or any of his enterprises at the times of the facts that are reported in these articles or since these facts occurred.”

Rougier didn’t answer any additional questions by Reuters about whether Kutti had worked for West in other instances or if West and Kutti were friends. Before publishing Friday’s story, Reuters sought comment from a different representative for West but did not get a response.

Kutti didn’t respond to Sunday morning’s requests for comment.

The hip-hop singer changed his name to Ye in October.

Kutti’s biography described her as Trevian Worldwide founder, an entertainment and media advisory firm that has offices in four major cities. The biography, posted on the website of the Women’s Global Initiative, a business networking group, identified her as a member of “the Young Black Leadership Council under President Donald Trump.” It noted that, in September 2018, she “was secured as publicist to Kanye West” and “now serves as West’s Director of Operations.”

By Saturday, the bios of Kutti and other members of WGI’s team had been removed from the group’s website. The women’s initiative did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday.

Reuters has detailed a campaign of harassment and intimidation against Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, also a Fulton County election worker. The women received hundreds of threats and harassing messages after lawyers for Trump claimed in December 2020 that the women had pulled “suitcases” of fraudulent ballots from under a table on election night and fed them into vote tabulators.

The claims were quickly debunked by county and state election officials, who said the “suitcases” were standard ballot containers and the votes were properly counted.

Trump and his associates continued to falsely accuse women of election fraud. This triggered months of threats that threatened their lives. Some angry Trump supporters visited Freeman’s home. Temporary election worker, 62 years old, went into hiding.