Adidas AG was sued by investors who claim the German sports giant knew about risks of its partnership with the rapper known as Ye long before his anti-Semitic comments were made public.
Adidas in October cut ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, after he unleashed a string of hateful rhetoric. Investors claim in a lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in Oregon, that as early as 2018 senior executives at the company discussed the risks…