Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming

Pop prima Lizzo is being sued by 3 of her erstwhile dancers implicit claims including intersexual harassment and a hostile enactment environment.

The lawsuit, filed connected Tuesday, includes accusations of sexual, spiritual and radical harassment, discrimination, battle and mendacious imprisonment.

Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez are the erstwhile dancers bringing the lawsuit.

Lizzo and others who are accused person been approached for comment.

The lawsuit, filed successful Los Angeles, includes allegations the dancers were "forced to endure sexually denigrating behaviour" and were "pressured into participating successful disturbing enactment shows" betwixt 2021 and 2023.

Among the claims against Lizzo - whose existent sanction is Melissa Viviane Jefferson - are that she "pressured Ms Davis to interaction the breasts" of a performer successful a nightclub successful Amsterdam, and Ms Davis - aft resisting - yet acquiesced "fearing it whitethorn harm her aboriginal connected the team" if she didn't bash so.

Lizzo - who is known for celebrating her assemblage and self-love - is besides accused, on with creation choreographer Tanisha Scott, of weight-shaming Ms Davis connected tour.

Ms Davis alleges the 2 questioned whether she was "struggling with thing arsenic she seemed little committed to her relation connected the creation cast", the suit details.

Though ne'er explicitly stated, the questions "gave Ms Davis the content that she needed to explicate her value summation and disclose intimate idiosyncratic details astir her beingness successful bid to support her job", the suit says.

Additionally, the suit alleges the creation team's captain, Shirlene Quigley, pushed her Christian beliefs connected performers and derided those who engaged successful premarital sex.

She is besides accused of openly discussing 1 of the erstwhile dancers' virginity, and posting astir it connected societal media.

Accusations including radical favoritism are besides levelled astatine accumulation institution Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc.'s absorption team.

It alleges achromatic members of the creation unit were "treated differently" to different members of the team.

They were accused of being "lazy, unprofessional, and having atrocious attitudes" - the suit claimed these are tropes often utilized "to disparage and discourage" achromatic women and that different dancers were not treated similar this.

The plaintiffs besides allege Lizzo and the accumulation institution squad did not wage them reasonably portion connected parts of Lizzo's European tour.

They assertion they were offered lone 25% of their play compensatory wage during their clip not performing connected the tour, portion different performers received 50% and they besides assertion they were told not to enactment connected different projects portion connected tour.

Two of the 3 dancers progressive successful the lawsuit, Ms Davis and Ms Williams, met Lizzo successful March 2021 portion preparing to vie connected the world TV amusement Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, the suit says.

The third, Ms Rodriguez, was hired aboriginal successful May 2021 to execute successful Lizzo's Rumours euphony video. She past remained portion of the creation troop, it adds.

Ms Davis and Ms Williams were fired from the creation team, portion Ms Rodriguez aboriginal resigned implicit the alleged attraction of her chap colleagues.