<p>Former backup dancers for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lizzo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lizzo</a> filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the singer and her production company alleging sexual harassment and a toxic work environment.</p>
<p>In a lawsuit obtained by <a href="https://people.com/lizzo-sued-by-former-backup-dancers-sexual-racial-harassment-hostile-work-environment-7568410?hid=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc&amp;did=9849347-20230801&amp;utm_campaign=ppl-breakingnews_relationship-builder&amp;utm_source=ppl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=080123&amp;lctg=4f90b78dc31e627328d98338e1fa49d03b364abc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> and filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against the 35-year-old singer &#8212; born Melissa Jefferson &#8212; the three backup dancers are suing Lizzo, her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. and Lizzo&#8217;s dance team captain, Shirlene Quigley.</p>
<p>The three dancers &#8212; Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez &#8212; in the suit allege that Lizzo pressured them to engage with nude performers at an Amsterdam club in February of 2023.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lizzo forced dancers to ‘eat bananas’ from sex workers’ vaginas during Amsterdam trip: bombshell lawsuit <a href="https://t.co/i7cAwDeCPz">https://t.co/i7cAwDeCPz</a> <a href="https://t.co/z0an9AKkJI">pic.twitter.com/z0an9AKkJI</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers,&#8221; the filing states, per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lizzo-dancers-lawsuit-ea96f4c865bdd48fa8056a92cf14e7a7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. During the sexually themed show in Amesterdam&#8217;s Red Light District, the &#8220;Good as Hell&#8221; hitmaker allegedly led a chant pressuring Davis to touch the breasts of one of the nude women performing at the club, despite the dancer &#8220;expressing her desire not to touch the performer,&#8221; People noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Finally, the chorus became overwhelming, and a mortified Ms. Davis acquiesced in an attempt to bring an end to the chants,&#8221; the complaint states, the outlet noted. &#8220;Plaintiffs were aghast with how little regard Lizzo showed for the bodily autonomy of her employees and those around her, especially in the presence of many people whom she employed.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another part of the filing reads: &#8220;… things quickly got out of hand. Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers,&#8221; and interacting with objects &#8220;launched&#8221; from the performers&#8217; vaginas, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/01/lizzo-sued-by-dancers-for-allegedly-forcing-them-to-watch-sex-shows/?_ga=2.131360847.1760837938.1690663866-1931908156.1667952896&amp;_gl=1*om2s9d*_ga*MTkzMTkwODE1Ni4xNjY3OTUyODk2*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY5MDkxNTMwNy45NjIuMS4xNjkwOTE1Njk3LjAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.</p>
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<p>The suit also alleged that a member of the &#8220;About Damn Time&#8221; singer&#8217;s security team was reportedly pressured to get on stage and told by the singer to &#8220;take it off.&#8221;</p>
<p>Davis also alleged that she underwent what was labeled an &#8220;excruciating&#8221; 12-hour rehearsal, and &#8220;fearing the repercussions&#8221; of excusing herself to go to the restroom, &#8220;had no choice but to &#8216;soil herself&#8217; on stage,&#8221; Page Six noted.</p>
<p>In the suit, Quigley is accused of allegedly pushing her Christian beliefs onto dancers and &#8220;oversharing her masturbatory habits and sex life with her husband&#8221; with the team, People noted.</p>
<p>Davis and Williams started performing with Lizzo in 2021, and were later fired in April and May. Rodriguez, who was hired in 2021, left earlier this year, People noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly, while privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are … absolutely demoralizing,&#8221; the plaintiffs&#8217; attorney, Ron Zambrano, said in a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lizzo-dancers-weight-shamed-pressured-touch-nude-performer-lawsuit-rcna95161" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.</p>
<p>After the lawsuit surfaced, Lizzo&#8217;s former creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson and dancer Courtney Hollinquest posted messages on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cquestt/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> showing support for the dancers, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/01/lizzos-former-creative-director-backs-allegations-of-problematic-behavior/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not apart of the lawsuit &#8211; but this was very much my experience in my time there…&#8221; Hollinquest wrote. &#8220;I very much applaud the dancers courage to bring this to light.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wilson shared the dancers&#8217; screenshot.</p>
<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t been apart of that world for around three years, for a reason,&#8221; the former director wrote. &#8220;I very much applaud the dancers courage to bring this to light[,] and I grieve parts of my own experience. I&#8217;d appreciate space to understand my feelings.&#8221;</p>

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