Back in August three of pop star Lizzo's former back-up dancers filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the singer, accusing her of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment [click here if you missed that].
Now one of the dancers has added humiliating new details the the suit...
From Radar Online
One of Lizzo's dancers is giving more details about the alleged hostile work environment she experienced while being in the presence of the pop star — including the "disgusting" moment she soiled herself during re-auditions.
In new court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Arianna Davis, who was cast in the first season of Watch Out For The Big Grrrls and went on to tour with Lizzo, said the dance cast was forced to "re-audition to save our jobs" in or around April 2023.
"I was incredibly nervous. We were required to dance the 90-minute show from top to bottom. Lizzo was sitting, facing the stage, watching the dancers re-audition," Davis said in her declaration filed on Wednesday.
She claimed she was "under the impression" the dancers "could not take a break and leave the stage area." Davis also said she was fearful of "missing a cue and being fired."
That's when she detailed the embarrassing moment she soiled herself in front of Lizzo.
"However, I began to feel that I needed to use the restroom, but I was afraid that if I left the stage I would be fired. I continued on as long as I could, but I eventually lost control of my bladder," Davis recalled. "I continued to dance in my soiled clothes. I felt disgusting, but I couldn't show it on my face or in my movement, for I continued to fear losing my job."
"During this time, I hurried backstage with the intention of changing into clean clothes. However, I realized that I had no additional clothes to change into," the docs read.
Saying she was "distressed," Davis claimed she told the other dancers about her embarrassing situation. While some of them allegedly "offered their jackets to help cover me up," another dancer ran to the wardrobe department.
"She came back with a pair of see-through shorts," Davis, who described herself as religious and a virgin, stated in the docs. "I was mortified, but I had to put them on because my cue to go back on stage was coming up."
It only got worse from there, she claimed.
"I swiftly ran to the nearest bathroom, wiped myself off, and put on the pair of see-through shorts. I continued the rest of the show exposed from the waist down. I had no underwear on, and anyone could see my behind and my torso," Davis alleged.
Davis claimed that after the re-audition, Lizzo "simply got up and left the stage," but her choreographer, Tanisha Scott, suggested she change into something else.
That's when she was allegedly forced to relive the humiliating moment.
"I then had to explain to her that I could not, as I had urinated in my other clothes," the docs read. Davis said she was eventually fired in May after Lizzo and her team discovered she had secretly recorded one of their meetings.
According to Davis, Lizzo "cursed at me and said that I f------ up big time." The dancer claimed that the singer and her dance captain "took turns berating me in front of everybody. Lizzo ultimately fired me in front of everyone."
Davis joined several of her fellow dancers in a lawsuit against Lizzo, alleging they were forced to endure a sexually charged and hostile work environment and were weight-shamed during their employment. Lizzo has denied the allegations.
3 comments:
Lizzo is so f…ing disgusting omg. Never anything good about her ….
If you are too scared to ask to go to the bathroom then you are being worked like a slave. Blame yourself for being used like one. Not saying Lizzo shouldn't be sued, but people need to get their priorities straight. Lizzo is not the only meal ticket in this world. You chose to be exploited for a check. Now you have learned not all money is good money. That is the lesson, not a damn payout from Lizzo.
While I absolutely believe most of these stories about Lizzo's toxic behavior, this one sounds iffy. That Arianna Davis person mentioned in the new court documents sounds like an irresponsible nut. If you had to urinate but couldn't leave for fear of being eliminated from the show, but you decided to pee on yourself during the routine, then that's your cue to bow out. You should have been eliminated right then & there. Stop drinking lots of liquids before practice or learn to go to the bathroom before at an appropriate time. She's behaving and complaining as if she's a child. Nothing to see here folks.
On another note, watch Lizzo lose lots of weight because everyone is on those O shots.
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