Lizzo requested Los Angeles law officials dismiss a harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by a New York designer. She said the claims were ‘meritless and salacious.’
Lizzo, facing multiple harassment allegations from former employees, has made moves to put one lawsuit to rest.
The “Truth Hurts” singer requested that Los Angeles court officials dismiss a September harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by New York designer Asha Daniels, who designed costumes for the Grammy winner’s tour dancers. In the motion, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lizzo called Daniels’ suit “meritless and salacious” and said that the designer has “no basis to seek recovery under California statutes.”
On Sept. 21, Daniels sued Lizzo (birth name Melissa Jefferson) alleging that while working on the singer’s tour, she experienced “degradation, forced physical labor, denial of medical care, sexual harassment, and racial harassment” because she is a Black woman. Daniels also listed Lizzo’s Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc., wardrobe manager Amanda Nomura and tour manager Carlina Gugliotta as co-defendants.
In her request, Lizzo noted that Daniels is a New York resident, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc.
