Lawyers reviewing new complaints from more of Lizzo’s former dancers

nme.com:

Lizzo for sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment has claimed his firm are reviewing at least six new complaints about the singer.The complaints come from others who have toured with Lizzo or worked on her reality show, Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls.

Employment lawyer Ron Zambrano told NBC News the new allegations detail a “sexually charged environment” and failure to pay employees.“Some of the claims we are reviewing may be actionable, but it is too soon to say,” Zambrano told the outlet.Zambrano also claimed that Lizzo once called out a dancer’s weight at South By Southwest during a post-show meeting and told them it was “normal” for dancers to be “fired when they get fat”.The original lawsuit was filed by Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez, who all worked for Lizzo till earlier this year, when Davis and Williams were fired and Rodriguez resigned.

Lizzo’s production company Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc. and her dance team captain Shirlene Quigley were also named as defendants.The alleged incident of sexual harassment mentioned in the suit supposedly took place in a strip club in Amsterdam, which they visited after a show earlier this year.

The dancers claim Lizzo allegedly bullied Davis into touching a nude performer, to the point where she led a chant goading her into doing so until she eventually gave in, despite declining multiple times.The suit states that Lizzo “began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas,” continuing: “Lizzo then turned her attention to Ms.