A new lawsuit claims Lizzo stood by while her wardrobe manager referred to Black women on the tour as “dumb,” “useless” and “fat.”
Pop star Lizzo and several members of her team were hit with another lawsuit Thursday claiming she condoned a work environment that promoted fatphobia, racism and sexual harassment, this time from a former wardrobe designer who claims the singer stood by while her wardrobe manager referred to Black women on the tour as “dumb,” “useless” and “fat.
A majority of Daniels’ complaints center around Lizzo’s wardrobe manager, Amanda Nomura, who she says made racist and fatphobic comments, mocked Lizzo and her backup dancers and did “an offensive stereotypical impression of a Black woman.” Daniels says Nomura forced performers to change in front of a majority male stage crew who would “lewdly gawk” at them, forced Daniels to work on her feet after she injured her ankle at work and fired her “without notice or reason.”
Daniels says she was also made uncomfortable when Nomura, the crew and Lizzo’s management team openly discussed hiring sex workers and buying hard drugs while on tour in Amsterdam. Also named in the complaint are Lizzo’s production company Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. and her tour manager, Carlina Gugliotta—the lawsuit says Daniels suffered severe emotional distress, anxiety, pain and suffering, physical injuries and physical sickness as a result of her time on tour and seeks an unspecified amount of damages.her team would pay the lawsuit “as much attention as it deserves: None.”request for comment Thursday....
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