[KENNEDY FELTON]

LIZZO IS CELEBRATING A LEGAL WIN THIS WEEK IN HER BATTLE WITH A WARDROBE STYLIST WHO ALLEGED A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT WHILE WORKING ON THE SINGER’S 20-23 EUROPEAN TOUR… ROLLING STONE REPORTS.

IN SEPTEMBER 20-23… WARDROBE STYLIST ASHA DANIELS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST LIZZO… HER WARDROBE MANAGER AMANDA NOMURA… AND THE TOUR MANAGER – CLAIMING HARASSMENT AND MISTREATMENT.

DANIELS – WHO NEVER DIRECTLY WORKED WITH LIZZO – PLACED MOST OF THE ALLEGATIONS ON NOMURA… WHO SHE ACCUSED OF MAKING RACIST AND FATPHOBIC COMMENTS. 

[ASHA DANIELS | WARDROBE STYLIST]

“I’m coming in to work with someone who has physically assaulted me, with someone who’s threatened me, someone who is not allowing me to go eat when I need to eat.”

DANIELS ALSO CLAIMED NOMURA MOCKED LIZZO *AND HER BACKGROUND DANCERS BY PERFORMING WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS “STEREOTYPICAL IMPRESSIONS OF BLACK WOMEN.”

IN COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY “ROLLING STONE” – A FEDERAL JUDGE IN LOS ANGELES RULED DANIELS DOES NOT HAVE STANDING TO SUE LIZZO INDIVIDUALLY… STATING THAT THE SINGER’S TOURING AND PAYROLL COMPANIES WERE HER EMPLOYERS.

HOWEVER – LIZZO’S touring COMPANy was NOT DISMISSED FROM THE LAWSUIT.

DANIELS’ ORIGINAL LAWSUIT in 20-23 WAS FILED JUST A MONTH AFTER THREE FORMER DANCERS FOR THE SINGER ACCUSED HER OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND CREATING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT DURING THEIR TIME ON TOUR. 

[ARIANNA DAVIS | FORMER LIZZO DANCER]

“I would be on the phone with my mom all day and be, like, just complaining about this disrespect and the treatment and the humiliation.”

LIZZO – WHO IS KNOWN FOR EMBRACING BODY POSITIVITY – ALLEGEDLY MADE COMMENTS ABOUT ONE OF THEIR WEIGHTS.

ONE OF THE MORE SHOCKING REVELATIONS OF THE LAWSUIT – THE DANCERS ALSO ALLEGE LIZZO PRESSURED ONE OF THEM TO TOUCH A NUDE PERFORMER AT A CLUB IN AMSTERDAM.

ANOTHER – ACCUSING LIZZO OF SUBJECTING THE DANCERS TO A QUOTE “EXCRUTIATING” AUDITION AFTER FALSELY BEING ACCUSED OF DRINKING ON THE JOB. 

Others who have worked with Lizzo cAme forward in support of the dancers SHORTLY AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED.

REPORTS FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES REVEALED THAT MONTHS BEFORE THE DANCERS FILED THEIR LAWSUIT… 14 OF LIZZO’S DANCERS RECEIVED A SETTLEMENT TOTALING MORE THAN 109-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THIS WAS FOLLOWING UNRELATED CLAIMS ABOUT FOOTAGE USED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT IN THE 20-22 H-B-O MAX DOCUMENTARY “LOVE, LIZZO.”

As of March 20-24… the lawsuit by the three dancers REMAINS ON HOLD… WITH NO TIMELINE FOR WHEN THE CASE WILL RESUME.