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Detroit Rapper Sues Lyft After Driver Allegedly Said She Was ‘Too Big’ to Fit In His Car

Lyft was sued by a Detroit rapper after a driver allegedly said she was "too big" to fit in his car. She says this breaks Michigan civil rights laws.

In a lawsuit filed in Michigan court Monday (Jan. 27), Dank Demoss (Dajua Blanding) says the driver of a black Mercedes sedan told her during the Jan. 18 incident that she was “too big” for the backseat of his car and that “his tires were not capable of supporting plaintiff’s weight.” In her complaint filed Monday, Blanding says the driver’s refusal violates Michigan’s civil rights laws, which prohibit any discrimination for public accommodations based on a variety of factors, including a person’s weight. In a statement to Billboard, a Lyft spokesperson declined to comment on the specifics of a pending legal action, but stressed that its driver regulations “explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination.”

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