The globally popular YouTube star's upcoming reality show is facing serious (but also vague) allegations.
Mr. Beast, the globally popular YouTube star, is facing fresh controversy this week after a number of former contestants in his upcoming Beast Games have alleged they suffered sexual harassment and “chronic mistreatment” during their stint with the reality TV competition. The lawsuit also lists Amazon, which produced the show, as a defendant in the case.
While the claims are serious, the ones provided are not always super specific. For instance, the lawsuit makes broad claims about sexual discrimination on set but doesn’t provide any concrete examples of it—at least not publicly.
The closest thing to a specific complaint that the litigation gets is a mention of an employee handbook that was apparently distributed during the shoot that encouraged the male talent to “be idiots” and that claimed it’s okay for the male contestants to “be childish,” presumably because it made for better content.
The Times story also mentions that Amazon originally advertised the competition as only involving 1,000 contestants, whereas when the competition actually started Donaldson revealed that the number would actually be 2,000. Some contestants felt that they had been deceived about their chances of winning the $5 million.
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