Lizzo is responding to allegations of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment after three of her former dancers sued her on Tuesday.
In her first statement on the matter, Grammy-award winner Lizzo is responding to allegations from three former dancers of sexual harassment and that her production company created a hostile work environment.
Lizzo posted on Instagram Thursday morning that the last few days had been “gut wrenchingly difficult” and “overwhelming disappointing.”
“Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous not to be addressed,” she wrote.
The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims Lizzo pressured the dancers to engage with nude performers at a club in Amsterdam and shamed one of them for her weight gain before firing her.
ORIGINAL STORY: Lizzo sued by former dancers, accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment
Plaintiffs Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez make numerous claims including sexual, religious and racial harassment, disability discrimination, assault and false imprisonment.
The legal complaint seeks unspecified damages and names Melissa Viviane Jefferson, known professionally as Lizzo, her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc.
