Lizzo Breaks Silence After Ex-Dancers Drop Fats-Shaming Case

Lizzo says she’s been haunted by her ex-dancers’ fat-shaming allegations since they filed a lawsuit towards her again in 2023. She defined that she’s feeling “grateful” for her victory within the case, after the trio dropped their case, final week.

“The fats shaming claims towards me have been formally dropped by my accusers,” Lizzo introduced in a video on social media. “They conceded it had no benefit in court docket. There was no proof that I fired them as a result of they gained weight. As a result of it by no means occurred. Now the reality is lastly out. They weren’t fired for gaining weight. They have been fired for taking a non-public recording of me with out my consent and sending it off to ex-employees.”

“I’ve by no means fired an worker for gaining weight,” she continued. “I’ve solely inspired and supported folks with greater our bodies and shared my platform with them. The declare has haunted me for the reason that day it got here out. It has been devastating to endure by this in silence however I let my legal professionals lead and I am so grateful for this victory.”

Lizzo concluded by confirming that there hasn’t been a settlement and she or he’ll proceed to struggle any allegations she faces. “I’m nonetheless in a authorized battle, I’m not settling. I will likely be preventing each single declare till the reality is out,” she stated.

Arianna Davis, Noelle Rodriguez, and Crystal Williams filed the lawsuit towards Lizzo again in 2023. They accused the singer of sexual harassment, racial harassment, and making a hostile work atmosphere, alleging that she fat-shamed them.

Chatting with TMZ, final week, Lizzo’s attorneys, Marty Singer and Melissa Glass, claimed that Davis was fired as a result of she made an “unauthorized recording of Lizzo in a dancer assembly and despatched it to Williams, who was now not engaged on The Particular Tour.” Afterward, the accusers dropped their attraction.

An legal professional for the dancers, Ronald Zambrano, informed the outlet: “We’re sustaining that Choose Epstein was appropriate in his ruling denying Lizzo’s particular movement to strike the overwhelming majority of claims they attacked, together with false imprisonment and harassment. Of the couple of claims Choose Epstein did dismiss, the plaintiffs have taken a thought-about method to depart that be. One would hope to see the identical degree of mental honesty and impartial evaluation from the defendants, however that hasn’t been the case to this point and it’s disappointing.”