Lizzo breaks down in tears as she discusses sexual and racial harassment lawsuit claiming she did 'nothing wrong'
Niamh Shackleton
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Lizzo has candidly opened up about the lawsuit she's facing, in which she has been accused of sexual harassment by her former dancers.
Last year, the 'About Damn Time' singer was hit with a filing from three of her former dancers who made serious allegations about her.
In the suit, it was alleged that Lizzo pressured one of them to touch a nude performer at a club in Amsterdam, while it was also claimed she created a hostile work environment.
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She was later hit with another lawsuit from wardrobe assistant Asha Daniels, who said that she'd been 'bullied' by Lizzo's wardrobe manager.
Daniels also claimed that Lizzo oversaw an 'unsafe, sexually charged workplace culture'.
The singer has always denied the allegations she's facing, and recently won a key ruling where a Los Angeles judge said that Daniels could not sue Lizzo as an individual as she'd identified the singer's touring and payroll companies as her employers, BBC News reported.
Lizzo's production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc, is still a defendant in Daniel's ongoing case, however; but now Lizzo has personally been dropped from the case, she's able to speak freely about the allegations.
The 'Juice' hitmaker has now spoken out on the legal issues she's facing and broke down in tears on Keke Palmer's podcast. She insisted that she's going to 'fight the other claims until they’re all dismissed' and branded the judge's recently ruling as a 'big victory'.
Discussing the suit from her former dancers, Lizzo said she was 'blindsided'.
"I was literally living in my dream, and then the tour ended, and three ex-dancers just completely, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit," she told Palmer.
"I was very deeply hurt because these were three ex-dancers, so they weren't on the tour. They didn't, like, finish the tour out with us. But even regardless of that, these were people that I gave opportunities to."
Lizzo went on to say that she 'liked', 'appreciated' and 'respected' the three dancers in question, but said many of their claims were 'silly'.
Going on to share how the whole thing has affected her, the singer said: "I had to learn that a little bit of my innocence is gone, and a little bit of my free spirit is gone for sure, because that kind of mass betrayal is hard for any person to take."
Lizzo continued as she began to tear up: "I worked so hard to get to this place in my life. I, like, f**king slept out of my car and didn't know where I was going to get my next meal.
"I've been through so much pain and loss, and I just tried to work through that pain and loss and bring joy to the world. That's all I try to do."