In Summary
- Singer and songwriter Lizzo is being sued by three of her former dancers over claims including sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
- Lizzo is also accused of fat-shaming the dancers.
- She is best known for hits such as Truth Hurts, About Damn Time, Juice, Good As Hell and 2 Be Loved.
American singer and songwriter Lizzo is being sued by three of her former dancers over claims including sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.
The legal action includes accusations of sexual, religious and racial harassment, discrimination, assault and false imprisonment. Lizzo is also accused of fat-shaming and pressuring a dancer to touch a performer’s breasts.
The singer has not yet responded publicly to the allegations made in the case, which remain to be tested in court.
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Lizzo’s Former Dancers Speak Up
Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez are the former dancers bringing the case against the singer, her dance captain and her production company Big Grrrl Big Touring (BGBT).
The legal action, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, includes allegations the dancers were “forced to endure sexually denigrating behaviour” and were “pressured into participating in disturbing sex shows” between 2021 and 2023.
Among the claims against Lizzo – whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson – are that she “pressured Ms Davis to touch the breasts” of a performer in a nightclub in Amsterdam, and Ms Davis – after resisting – eventually went along with it “fearing it may harm her future on the team” if she didn’t do so.
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Lizzo – who is known for celebrating her body and self-love – is also accused, along with dance choreographer Tanisha Scott, of weight-shaming Ms Davis on tour.
Ms Davis alleges the two questioned whether she was “struggling with something as she seemed less committed to her role on the dance cast”, the case details.
“In professional dance, a dancer’s weight gain is often seen as that dancer getting lazy or worse off as a performer.Lizzo’s and Ms. Scott’s questions about Ms. Davis’s commitment to the tour were thinly veiled concerns about Ms Davis’s weight gain,” the documents allege.
Though never explicitly stated, the questions “gave Ms Davis the impression that she needed to explain her weight gain and disclose intimate personal details about her life in order to keep her job”, the legal documents say.
