Lizzo’s authorized workforce celebrates a serious victory as dancers abandon fat-shaming claims following a secret recording scandal that undermined their case.

Lizzo gained a major victory in her authorized battle towards three former backup dancers after their fat-shaming allegations collapsed following revelations about an unauthorized secret recording.

Arianna Davis was fired for making an unauthorized recording of Lizzo throughout a dancer assembly and sending it to Crystal Williams, who was now not engaged on The Special Tour, based on courtroom paperwork.

The Grammy-winning artist’s powerhouse legal professional Marty Singer and associate Melissa Y. Glass confirmed that Davis, together with Noelle Rodriguez and Crystal Williams, dropped their fat-shaming claims after 18 witnesses offered sworn declarations refuting the allegations.

The Superior Court choose concluded that Davis’s termination was justified as a result of her secret recordings.

This growth represents a serious shift within the high-profile case that started in 2023 when the three dancers accused Lizzo of subjecting them to uncomfortable conditions throughout tour stops in Amsterdam and Paris.

The girls claimed Lizzo pressured dancers to work together with sex performers at Bananenbar in Amsterdam, the place patrons eat bananas out of performers’ vaginas.

Lizzo beforehand spoke about being “blindsided” by the lawsuit in a 2024 interview with Keke Palmer, saying, “These were people that I gave opportunities to.”

She maintained her innocence all through the authorized proceedings, stating “I did nothing wrong” and calling the allegations “outrageous.”

The singer revealed the lawsuit’s emotional toll, admitting she grew to become “very paranoid and isolated” through the authorized battle. “I know what it feels like to be body-shamed on a daily basis,” Lizzo stated in her preliminary response to the harassment claims.

While the fat-shaming claims have been deserted, different allegations, together with false imprisonment and harassment, stay lively in courtroom. The dancers’ legal professional, Ronald Zambrano, instructed TMZ they’re “maintaining that Judge Epstein was correct in his ruling denying Lizzo’s special motion to strike the vast majority of claims.”

Lizzo’s authorized workforce expressed confidence that they are going to prevail within the remaining elements of the case.

The unauthorized recording that led to Davis’s firing has considerably weakened the plaintiffs’ place, with the courtroom discovering their fat-shaming allegations lacked advantage.

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