Lizzo responds to lawsuit by former dancers: “I am not the villain”
thefader.comLizzo has defended herself against claims made in a lawsuit by three dancers she worked with, including allegations of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work environment.
On Tuesday Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the singer and her Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc (BGBT) as well as Shirlene Quigley, the captain of Lizzo's dance team.
The suit outlined the dancer's claims that they were subject to sexual, religious, and racial harassment, assault, false imprisonment, and disability discrimination.
Read Next: Beyoncé cuts Lizzo shout-out from “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” Davis and Williams were fired from their positions, a move that led Rodriguez to resign in protest over what she saw as "appalling behaviour." Subsequent to the initial lawsuit, filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison spoke out about her experience of working with Lizzo on an early version of her 2019 documentary Love, Lizzo.
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