Pop star Lizzo is celebrating a legal victory after a judge dismissed allegations of fat-shaming from a 2023 lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers.
Lizzo celebrates as fat-shaming claims in lawsuit dismissed: “I’m so grateful for this victory”.
The singer, 37, has been subject to a string of accusations including fat-shaming, sexual harassment and creating a ‘hostile work environment’. The incidents are alleged to have taken place between 2021 and 2023.
Lizzo has adamantly denied all of the allegations.
Three of her former dancers – Crystal Williams, Noelle Rodriguez and Arianna Davis – filed a legal action against the songstress in the County Superior Court in Los Angeles in 2023.
In a new video posted to Instagram, Lizzo shared a statement expressing her gratitude that “the truth is finally out”.
She wrote: “The fat shaming claims against me have been officially dropped by my accusers. They conceded it had no merit in court.”
“There was no evidence that I fired them because they gained weight. Because it never happened. Now the truth is finally out.”
“They weren’t fired for gaining weight. They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex employees.”
“I have never fired an employee for gaining weight. I have only encouraged and supported people with bigger bodies and shared my platform with them.”
“This claim has haunted me since the day it came out. It has been devastating to suffer through this in silence but I let my lawyers lead and I’m so grateful for this victory. I am still in a legal battle. I am not settling. I will be fighting every single claim until the truth is out.”
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Among the other claims in the suit, the dancers allege that Lizzo bullied Davis into touching a nude performer in a strip club in Amsterdam and asked the dancers to eat fruit from the naked bodies of sex club workers.
In October 2023, Lizzo described the suit as a “fabricated sob story” and filed her own motion asking the court to dismiss it, alleging that the dancers had shown a “pattern of gross misconduct”.
A ruling in January 2024 saw a judge dismiss some other elements of the case, and last December, Lizzo spoke out, saying she “did nothing wrong” and had been “blindsided”, “completely surprised” and “deeply hurt” by the case.
Earlier this year, Lizzo revealed on an episode of the Therapuss podcast that she’s learning to find grace in certain situations.
‘I’ve been cancelled a lot,” she said on the May 14 episode of Therapuss with Jake Shane,’ adding, ‘I shouldn’t say I’ve been cancelled, because I’m still going, but I’ve gotten backlash a lot.
‘Literally every single time I’ve received backlash I use it as a growing and learning lesson.’
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She also opened up about being canceled back in October 2024, just a few months after she announced taking a year off from performing.
‘I’ve been canceled for everything at this point. Only God can cancel me now.
‘I talk about the things that are important to me, and I talk about the things that I can bring a difference to, and I think those are my boundaries now with the public.’