A federal decide has dismissed Grammy award-winning singer Lizzo from a harassment lawsuit filed by a wardrobe stylist however her manufacturing firm stays a defendant.
U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha dismissed the seven causes of motion towards Lizzo this week, deciding plaintiff Asha Daniels had no standing to sue the singer individually as a result of her touring and payroll corporations had been cited as her employers, in accordance with Rolling Stone.
Lizzo’s manufacturing firm, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc., stays a defendant within the go well with.
Phone calls to attorneys and representatives for Lizzo weren’t returned on Saturday.
Martin D. Singer, Lizzo’s legal professional, praised the court docket ruling earlier this week and threatened to take authorized motion towards Daniels.
“We are more than happy that the court docket dismissed each declare towards Lizzo and the extra time wages declare towards all of our shoppers together with Big Grrrl Touring on this specious lawsuit,” he advised Rolling Stone. “My shopper by no means ought to have been sued on this matter and (we) are evaluating suing Asha Daniels and her attorneys for malicious prosecution.”
The lawsuit, first reported by NBC News in September of 2023, accused wardrobe supervisor Amanda Nomura of doing stereotypical impressions of Black ladies, referring to the performers as “fats,” “ineffective” and “dumb,” and forcing them to alter in entrance of a largely white, male stage crew who would “lewdly gawk” at them.
Daniels was fired after complaining about Nomura, in accordance with the go well with.
“I felt like I used to be residing in a madhouse,” Daniels, then a 35-year-old clothier, advised NBC News the day earlier than submitting her lawsuit towards Lizzo and different members of the singer’s group. “It was completely surprising.”
However, Lizzo’s group rapidly fired again at Daniels’ authorized group saying they had been making an attempt to “sully” an honor the performer was set to obtain from the Black Music Action Coalition’s Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award, for her philanthropic work and dedication to social justice, NBC News beforehand reported. The singer’s group known as the go well with a bogus and absurd publicity stunt.