Lizzo Wants Dancers’ Assault, Sexual Harassment & Discrimination Suit Tossed Out Of Court
“I’m about to get into my feelings,” Lizzo sings in her ‘About Damn Time’ tune from 2022. This week, the Grammy winner and recent Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award recipient made her feelings very clear about a sexual harassment, assault, discrimination and fostering a “hostile work environment” lawsuit brought against her by former tour dancers and Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls contestants.
The Marty Singer represented Lizzo wants Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez legal action from earlier this summer “dismissed in its entirety with prejudice.” In the otherwise pretty standard September 27 response filing, the Juice singer, real name Melissa Jefferson, denies “each and every allegation” against her and production company Big Grrrl touring company (read Lizzo’s legal response here). “This is the first step of a legal process in which Lizzo and her team will demonstrate that they have always practiced what they’ve preached – whether it comes to promoting body positivity, leading a safe and supportive workplace or protecting individuals from any kind of harassment,” a spokesperson for Lizzo’s legal team declared today. “Any and all claims to the contrary are ridiculous, and we look forward to proving so in a court of law.” All of which means, if Lizzo can’t get the “outrageous,” as she called it back in August, suit tossed out, the UTA-repped Lizzo wants it brought before a jury – as plaintiffs A point Davis, Williams and Rodriguez themselves have requested, and their lawyer noted today. “Lizzo’s answer merely consists of boilerplate objections that have nothing to do with the case,” asserted attorney Neama Rahmani. “That said, the key takeaway is that Lizzo is agreeing to our clients’ demand for a jury trial.
We look forward to presenting our case in court and letting a panel of her peers decide who is telling the truth, Lizzo and her team who continue to shame the victims or the plaintiffs and so many others who have come forward sharing
