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MrBeast sued for alleged sexual harassment, ‘chronic mistreatment’ by ‘Beast Games’ contestants

Prime Video series that filmed over the summer.In a redacted version of the lawsuit, the contestants said they are seeking a jury trial to determine monetary damages “likely totaling in the millions of dollars.”The five plaintiffs claimed they were subjected “to unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions.”The complaints listed in the lawsuit include sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment, negligent infliction of emotional distress, failure to provide uninterrupted meal breaks, failure to provide uninterrupted rest breaks, failure to pay minimum wages, failure to pay overtime, false advertising, unfair business practices and more.The lawsuit specifically claimed that the show — which allegedly has a $100 million budget — misrepresented itself by telling contestants there would be 1,000 participates, only for them to find out “upon arrival” that there were more.This “reduced” the contestants’ chances of winning the purported $5 million grand prize, the suit said.The complaint also alleged that MrBeast (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) “did not want to use the alleged unconstrained resources” that he had for the show “to provide fair wages, or even bare-minimum-legal working conditions.”Instead, MrBeast and the defendants allegedly “employed superior bargaining power to coerce the contestants to sign unconscionable contracts with illegal terms and illusory obligations,” per the suit.The defendants were specifically blamed for having “created, permitted to exist, and fostered a culture and pattern and practice of sexual harassment including in the form of a hostile work environment.”The Post has reached out to MrBeast’s rep for comment.Attorneys for the five anonymous people who filed the lawsuit
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MrBeast sued for alleged sexual harassment, ‘chronic mistreatment’ by ‘Beast Games’ contestants
Prime Video series that filmed over the summer.In a redacted version of the lawsuit, the contestants said they are seeking a jury trial to determine monetary damages “likely totaling in the millions of dollars.”The five plaintiffs claimed they were subjected “to unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions.”The complaints listed in the lawsuit include sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment, negligent infliction of emotional distress, failure to provide uninterrupted meal breaks, failure to provide uninterrupted rest breaks, failure to pay minimum wages, failure to pay overtime, false advertising, unfair business practices and more.The lawsuit specifically claimed that the show — which allegedly has a $100 million budget — misrepresented itself by telling contestants there would be 1,000 participates, only for them to find out “upon arrival” that there were more.This “reduced” the contestants’ chances of winning the purported $5 million grand prize, the suit said.The complaint also alleged that MrBeast (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) “did not want to use the alleged unconstrained resources” that he had for the show “to provide fair wages, or even bare-minimum-legal working conditions.”Instead, MrBeast and the defendants allegedly “employed superior bargaining power to coerce the contestants to sign unconscionable contracts with illegal terms and illusory obligations,” per the suit.The defendants were specifically blamed for having “created, permitted to exist, and fostered a culture and pattern and practice of sexual harassment including in the form of a hostile work environment.”The Post has reached out to MrBeast’s rep for comment.Attorneys for the five anonymous people who filed the lawsuit
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Priscilla Presley claims she was robbed of $1M, sues former associates for ‘abhorrent’ financial elder abuse
obtained by TMZ, the ex-wife of late crooner Elvis Presley has slapped four ex-business associates with a suit including 12 different complaints on Thursday.Presley, who is represented by attorney to the stars Marty Singer, claimed that Brigitte Kruse, Kevin Fialko, Vahe Sislyan and Lynn Walker Wright all planned to “drain her of every last penny she had.”Presley, 79, claims that the foursome “meticulously planned” a scheme against “an older woman by gaining her trust, isolating her from the most important people in her life, and duping her into believing that they would take care of her.”The lawsuit, which is also filed against Priscilla Presley Partners, LLC, further alleged that Kruse, Fialko, Sislyan and Walker Wright planned to take control of her finances.Presley claims they did so by “forcing her into a form of indentured servitude” after which they would “receive the lion’s share of any revenue that she was able to earn in the future.”Presley specifically singled out Kruse — whom she met in 2021 — in the suit by calling her a “con artist and pathological liar,” and adding that Fialko, “misappropriated, [embezzled] and converted” more than $1 million from her.
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Michael Jackson was $500 million in debt when he died: new court docs
obtained by People show.“At the time of Michael Jackson’s death, Michael Jackson’s most significant assets were subject to more than $500 million of debt and creditors’ claims, with some of the debt accruing interest at extremely high interest rates, and some debt in default,” the filing said.Before his death, Jackson had been in the middle of preparing for his “This Is It” residency, which added some strain on his finances.He died on June 25, 2009 — close to the tour’s inception — which left his estate financially liable for $40 million to the tour promoter, AEG.The petition requests that money from the “Smooth Criminal” hitmaker’s estate be used for reimbursement stemming from 2018.The reimbursement includes “legal, negotiating and various other operating expenses,” per the filing.Jackson had “more than half a dozen lawsuits pending worldwide” at the time of his death, the petition reads.“The Executors were able to renegotiate and restructure financing arrangements that existed at the time of Michael’s death, at substantially reduced interest rates, enabling the Estate to avoid the loss of any assets to the lenders and ultimately to satisfy the encumbrances that existed at the time of Michael’s death,” court documents read.From July to December 2018, several firms are seeking over $3.5 million in legal fees for services rendered during that time.“Although the Executors have eliminated the Estate’s debt, have resolved virtually all of the creditors’ claims and litigation, and have successfully solidified the MJJ business as a significant entity in the music industry, there remain challenging business, tax and legal issues that the Executors and their counsel continue to deal with,” the filing reads.“The Executors have
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