The singer resolved complaint by dancers who appeared in HBO film shortly before different dancers accused her of sexual, racial and religious harassment, according to reports
Months before a lawsuit claiming that Lizzo subjected dancers to sexual harassment and weight shaming , her team settled a payment dispute with 14 different dancers who said they appeared in the US musician’s 2022 HBO Max documentary Love, Lizzo without their consent, according toThe documentary shows a group of dancers who discuss being plus-size and Black women during rehearsals for Lizzo’s performance at the 2019 MTV Video Music awards .
The dancers said they were filmed without their knowledge and weren’t remunerated for their appearance. While the dancers worked under a union contract allowing them to be filmed at the VMAs, they were not presented with a contract for the behind-the-scenes footage that appeared in the documentary. A lawyer for Lizzo, Martin Singer, said: “Lizzo had nothing to do with it and knew nothing about it.”
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