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Lizzo Loses Bid To Stop Assault, Sexual Harassment & Discrimination Suit From Tour Dancers
“Oh, I’ve been so down and under pressure,” Lizzo sings in her award-winning hit song ‘About Damn Time,” and the Watch Out for the Big Grrrls host may be feeling the poignancy of those lyrics…
That claim, as well as others connected to instances of body-shaming, employment “soft hold,” the trio being put through self-described “excruciating” auditions for their jobs, also fall under the protection of the First Amendment in the LASC judge’s POV. Calling the process “no easy task,” Judge Epstein agreed with Lizzo’s lawyers that California’s anti-SLAPP laws protect her on those claims from her “Special” Tour, which started on September 23, 2022, and ended on July 30, 2023. Represented by West Coast Entertainment Lawyers partner Ron Zambrano, Davis, Williams and Rodriguez’s suit alleges that they and other dancers were forced to attend and participate in sex shows at venues like Paris’ famed Crazy Horse cabaret while on tour with Lizzo.
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