Bianca Censori Testifies About Stripped-Down Beach Mansion at Kanye West Trial

Malibu Mansion Trial Bianca Censori Testifies About Stripped-Down Beach Mansion at Kanye West Trial The enigmatic performance artist took the stand after construction worker Tony Saxon sued her husband By Nancy Dillon Nancy Dillon Contact Nancy Dillon on X Contact Nancy Dillon by Email View all posts by Nancy Dillon March 5, 2026 Bianca Censori appeared in a Los Angeles courthouse Thursday to face questions about the Malibu mansion designed by famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando that her husband, Kanye West, purchased for $57 million in 2021 and subsequently gutted to build what his lawyer called an “off-the-grid” shelter. Censori, 31, walked into the courtroom wearing a black satin skirt and black cardigan buttoned all the way up, with her hair pulled back in a tight bun. She smiled at the jury and answered most questions with one-word replies. Asked if her husband, now known as Ye, told her he wanted to build an “off-the-grid bunker,” she pushed back. “I believe he used that language to refer to aesthetics,” she said. “This was all concepts. The idea that it changed is not necessarily correct. When he would describe ideas, it was holistically his concept. It was always going to be a residence. That was never changing.” The morning testimony challenged claims from the plaintiff, Tony Saxon, and another witness, handyman Jeromy Holding, that Ye’s plans for the property were constantly shifting. They previously told jurors Ye wanted all plumbing, wiring, toilets, and access to all city utilities removed. Holding said Ye’s rotating plans for the home included having it serve as an extension of his private school, a bomb shelter, a monastery, a recording studio, and a playground for his kids filled with slides and ramps. An architect by training, Censori, 31, has been an enigmatic and largely silent fixture in West’s orbit for years, making her statements mostly through provocative performance art that often incorporates public nudity. She was called to testify at the ...