Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
MrBeast facing sexual harassment accusations from former game show contestants
nme.comBeast Games contestants who were allegedly subjected to “chronic mistreatment”.Beast Games is based on the YouTube series of the same name, and is set to feature 2000 contestants competing for a $5million (£3.79million) prize.
Presented by YouTuber MrBeast, a release date for the Prime Video series is yet to be announced, and now both Amazon and MrBeast have been served by a class-action lawsuit.The suit was filed on Monday (September 16) on behalf of five former Beast Games contestants and claims production failed to prevent sexual harassment, failed to pay minimum wage and created conditions that subjected contestants to “emotional distress”, amongst other allegations.“Several contestants ending up hospitalised, while others reported suffering physical and mental complications while being subjected to chronic mistreatment, degradation and, for the female contestants, hostile working conditions,” attorneys said in a statement [via Variety].According to the lawsuit, an alleged How to Succeed In MrBeast Production employee handbook encouraged production to “do everything you can to empower the boys when filming and help them make content.
Help them be idiots.”MrBeast & Amazon are being sued by contestants on his upcoming ‘BEAST GAMES’ series for: • Failure to prevent sexual harassment• Failure to pay overtime & minimum wage• No meal & rest breaks provided to participants“Several contestants ended up hospitalized… others… pic.twitter.com/90yBgKkXQX— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) September 18, 2024One of the unnamed accusers said in the suit that she was made to feel like “less than nothing” while competing. “As one of the women, I can say it absolutely felt like a hostile environment for us.
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