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Lizzo is taking steps to have the lawsuit from her former dancers dismissed in court.
The 35-year-old “Truth Hurts” hitmaker was sued by three former dancers in August of this year. They alleged that they dealt with sexual harassment, fat shaming and a hostile work environment while part of Lizzo‘s team.
On Friday (October 27), Lizzo‘s legal team took several steps to have the case tossed out.
Read more about the latest in Lizzo’s legal battle…
According to Billboard, Lizzo‘s attorney Martin D. Singer accused the dancers of sharing a “fabricated sob story” and having “an axe to grind” while trying to receive “a quick payday.”
“Plaintiffs embarked on a press tour, vilifying defendants and pushing their fabricated sob story in the courts and in the media. That ends today,” Martin wrote in court documents. “Instead of taking any accountability for their own actions, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against defendants out of spite and in pursuit of media attention, public sympathy and a quick payday with minimal effort.”
The motion was accompanied by statements from 18 members of Lizzo‘s team that deny the allegations.
“I never saw anyone, including plaintiffs, being weight shamed or body shamed,” one of her dancers wrote. “Far from it. Lizzo inspired all of us to celebrate and love ourselves and our bodies as we are.”
Other statements addressed allegations against Lizzo‘s dance team captain, Shirlene Quigley.
Lizzo has maintained her innocence from the beginning. She’s also received support from other members of her Big Grrrl and Big Boiii dancers as well as from other celebrities.
If you missed it, the superstar was recently honored with a humanitarian award.
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Lizzo has described the lawsuit filed against her by her ex-dancers as a “fabricated sob story” and has filed her own motion asking the court to dismiss it.In August, it emerged that three former backup dancers for the singer had sued her for creating a hostile work environment and engaging in sexual harassment, among other allegations. The incidents are alleged to have taken place between 2021 and 2023.As reported by Rolling Stone, this move now sees Lizzo and her representatives allege that the dancers in question had shown a “pattern of gross misconduct”.The filing states: “Plaintiffs missed flights, arrived late and hungover to rehearsals and drunk to performances, entered into consensual sexual relationships with male crew members on tour, exhibited a rapid decline in the quality of their dancing and professionalism, and ultimately conspired to make and disseminate an unauthorized recording of a creative meeting with Lizzo and the dance cast.”This motion has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit under the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) statute, which has the power to strike down lawsuits that threaten free speech.The three dancers, Crystal Williams, Arianna Davis and Noelle Rodriguez, are represented by the attorney Neama Rahmani, who told Rolling Stone: “Even a first-year law student can see that ‘free speech’ does not cover Lizzo and her team’s illegal sexual harassment and racial, religious, and disability discrimination.
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