Saba Hamedy is the trends and culture editor for NBC News.
Amazon’s big bet on one of YouTube’s most popular — and increasingly contentious — personalities is here. Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson’s reality series, “Beast Games,” debuts Thursday on Amazon Prime, months after several contestants alleged they faced poor working conditions on set. Greenlit by Amazon Prime Video in March, the reality competition show promised to deliver the highest cash prize in TV history, with a reward of $5 million.
The class-action lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, names Donaldson’s production company and Amazon Prime as defendants. Representatives for Donaldson and Amazon did not comment on the lawsuit at the time. A lawyer for the plaintiffs said in an email Wednesday that “as this is an ongoing legal matter, the attorneys and related parties are not conducting interviews.” Representatives for Amazon and Donaldson declined to comment.
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