Five contestants on a YouTuber's Amazon game show, 'Beast Games,' allege in a new lawsuit that they were subjected to mistreatment and sexual harassment while working under the terms of unfair contracts.
Five contestants on a YouTuber's Amazon game show, "Beast Games," allege in a new lawsuit that they were subjected to mistreatment and sexual harassment while working under the terms of unfair contracts.The plaintiffs are identified only as contestants 1-5 in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed Tuesday against Amazon and Jimmy Donaldson's production company, MRB2024 LLC. Donaldson is not a defendant.
Representatives for Amazon and Donaldson could not be immediately reached for comment."Defendant production companies and Amazon shamelessly exploited the labor of ... people who served as contestants on the forthcoming $100 million MrBeast-Amazon production `Beast Games,' which Amazon promotes as the world's largest live game show with the biggest single prize in the history of television," the suit states.
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