Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and fat-shaming
https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lizzo-performs-spark-arena-july-835617358.jpgPop star Lizzo is being sued by three of her former dancers over claims including sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
The legal action includes accusations of sexual, religious and racial harassment, discrimination, assault and false imprisonment.
The singer is also accused of fat-shaming and pressuring a dancer to touch a performer's breasts.
Lizzo and others who are accused have been approached for comment.
The singer has not yet responded publicly to the allegations made in the case, which remain to be tested in court.
Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez are the former dancers bringing the case against the singer, her dance captain and her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring (BGBT).
The legal action, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, includes allegations the dancers were pressured into attending sex shows and interacting with the dancers between 2021 and 2023.
Among the claims against Lizzo - whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson - are that she "pressured Ms Davis to touch the breasts" of a performer in a nightclub in Amsterdam, and Ms Davis - after resisting - eventually acquiesced "fearing it may harm her future on the team" if she didn't do so.
Lizzo - who is known for celebrating her body and self-love - is also accused, along with dance choreographer Tanisha Scott, of fat-shaming Ms Davis on tour.
Ms Davis alleges the two questioned whether she was "struggling with something as she seemed less committed to her role on the dance cast", the case details.
"In professional dance, a dancer's weight gain is often seen as that dancer getting lazy or worse off as a performer. Lizzo's and Ms. Scott's questions about Ms. Davis's commitment to the tour were thinly veiled concerns about Ms Davis's weight gain," the documents allege.
Though never explicitly stated, the questions "gave Ms Davis the impression that she needed to explain her weight gain and disclose intimate personal details about her life in order to keep her job", the legal documents say
The case also alleges that staff working for BGBT scolded dancers for "unacceptable and disrespectful" behaviour while working on the tour, without specifying what that behaviour was.
The dancers allege that "only the dance cast - comprised of full-figured women of colour - were ever spoken to in this manner, giving the impression that these comments were charged with racial and fat-phobic animus".
Additionally, it alleges the dance team's captain, Shirlene Quigley, pushed her Christian beliefs on performers and derided those who engaged in premarital sex.
She is also accused of openly discussing one of the former dancers' virginity, and posting about it on social media.
Accusations including racial discrimination are also levelled at BGBT's management team.
It alleges black members of the dance troupe were "treated differently" from other members of the team.
They were accused of being "lazy, unprofessional, and having bad attitudes" - the case claimed these are tropes often used "to disparage and discourage" black women and that other dancers were not treated like this.
Both Quigley and Scott have been contacted for comment by the BBC.
The plaintiffs also allege Lizzo and the production company team did not pay them fairly while on parts of Lizzo's European tour.
They say they were offered only 25% of their weekly pay as a retainer during their time not performing on the tour. They also claim that Lizzo and the company preferred them not to take on other jobs during these breaks.
Two of the three dancers involved in the legal action, Ms Davis and Ms Williams, met Lizzo in March 2021 while preparing to compete on the reality TV show Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, the legal action says.
The third, Ms Rodriguez, was hired later in May 2021 to perform in Lizzo's Rumours music video. She then remained part of the dance troupe, it adds.
Ms Davis and Ms Williams were fired from the dance team, while Ms Rodriguez later resigned over the alleged treatment of her fellow colleagues.
Lizzo is best known for hits such as Truth Hurts, About Damn Time, Juice, Good As Hell and 2 Be Loved.
Source : https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66379169 Edited by aammyy at 3-8-2023 10:53 AM
Untuk yg malas baca boleh tgk ringkasan through the tweet
https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1686823555067957248?t=RtlQrEswsV7MeAsxklde-Q&s=19
https://twitter.com/leonardaisfunny/status/1686767111673090048?t=4xM1xLX06Ow7J9QTaVwdsw&s=19
https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1686861543445757962?t=NqDiXu2d-NAoY5tdB34QZQ&s=19 Beyonce on the other hand, seal her lips when singing Break My Soul when the lyrics mention Lizzo (and Badu)
"Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold
Bessie Smith, Nina Simone
Betty Davis, Solange Knowles
Badu, Lizzo, Kelly Rowl'
Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack
Toni, Janet, Tierra Whack
Missy, Diana, Grace Jones
Aretha, Anita, Grace Jones
Helen Folasade Adu, Jilly from Philly"
https://twitter.com/BLOOMTHISWAY/status/1686713509432729601?t=wWG9kVxmAVynFvyfn6iq3g&s=19 Tak padan dgn gundu nak body shaming org.berangan sgt:I Terpaling WOKE sebab lebih cepat dikenali/popular{:1_550:}......teringat award mana yg dia perkenal semua superwoman atas pentas tu. Mampu? :P
Pnh baca kat timeline twitter yg tweet komen psl body dia....dia tweet balik perli kawan tu ada garisan hitam kat leher, badan sebab ada diabetes lebih kurg mcm tu:laugh3:
Lizzo menyanyi live xsemput ya dengan pakaian serupa x pakai apa....dah viral psl ni sng2 la kena CANCELLED
Sedih la kak oii awal2 Beyonce pun dah selamat 'ghosting' hang:lol: Edited by aammyy at 4-8-2023 04:50 PM
Lizzo dah bukak mulut. Innocent until proven guilty bak kata omputeh
=https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1687061460550316032?t=CQy7wtMeeI12hGaJlTu9ew&s=19 Hah padan muka..aku mmng rengsa ya dngn dia ni acah2 body positivity last2 kantoi body shaming.. Edited by Lelli at 4-8-2023 04:32 PM
Disgusting{:1_571:}
Edited by minahgempal at 5-8-2023 04:18 AM
Nie bkn setakat body shamming jek..sexual assault and bullying pun yer jugak..mmg patot pun kena lawsuit..even b pun awal2 dah palau..tpi pelik jgk ehh..video twitter b's concert tu dkt Amsterdam..b dah tau awal2 lgi ker?nama badu pun kena ghosting sekali.. Eloklah kena cancel ko ni
Eyesore dgn org camni
Yihhh aku mmg benci pompuan gemok sbb suka acah2 cantik dgn bontot lebor dorang
N mostly gemok2 yg aku kenal mesti perangai lahanat Self love bukan begini caranya.... Ini toxic belaka... Pernah tertengok kat TV, acara apa ntah, dia ni perform. Ternganga I tengok, nak muntah pun ada. Terus tukar channel. Lizzo is obese herself. aammyy replied at 3-8-2023 11:28 AM
Beyonce on the other hand, seal her lips when singing Break My Soul when the lyrics mention Lizzo (a ...
Beyonce mute nama lizzo pasal kes ni kn dgn yg erykah badu sal erykah cm shade beyonce curi fashion style erykah kn? :o
penari dipaksa makan pisang yg terjojol dari vagina performer nite club tu katanya :I dani-rox replied at 21-8-2023 12:44 AM
penari dipaksa makan pisang yg terjojol dari vagina performer nite club tu katanya
WHAT THE BLOODY HELL????????????!!!
dani-rox replied at 21-8-2023 12:44 AM
penari dipaksa makan pisang yg terjojol dari vagina performer nite club tu katanya
Ya, betul. Kat #2 i dah attached link tweet psl tu. Geli {:3_89:} liyamariska replied at 20-8-2023 08:07 AM
Beyonce mute nama lizzo pasal kes ni kn dgn yg erykah badu sal erykah cm shade beyonce curi fashio ...
Actually ada jugak show yg dia mute satu line tu, replace dgn "erykah badu" 3 times. I tak tau the timeline beef psl erykah badu dgn Beyonce ni. terbaca satu gosip bertebaran dlm industri hiburan US... bertahun nan lalu, ada sorg eksekutif muzik yg berpengaruh bangsa Jewish (tak tahu apa kaitan dgn bangsa beliau lol) dah kawen beranak pinak tp simpan sorg pompuan kulit hitam dlm apartmen mewah di LA. Jantan ni dikatakan ada feeder fetish - iaitu dia turn on dgn perbuatan bg pompuan makan, mcm bagi suap, sumbat, tuang dlm corong etc makin gemuk pasangan dia bagi makan, makin stim la jantan tu.
Kalau ditengok gambar Lizzo masa umur awal 20an dulu takda la sebesar sekarang tp dia minat muzik. Cuma takda recording company sudi nak offer contract.
Bbrp thn lepas dia muncul entah dari mana dgn badan obes, tetiba dpt buat album dan popular sekelip mata. Ramai syak gosip feeder fetish tu benar2 kejadian ;P Lizzo made people hate her even more.
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