Lizzo challenged the discrimination lawsuit filed by her former wardrobe assistant calling it baseless.

Lizzo is pushing again arduous in opposition to a lawsuit alleging discrimination and harassment on her European tour, together with her authorized workforce calling the claims “meritless” and the accuser a “brazen liar.”

Attorneys for Lizzo filed a movement in court docket searching for to toss out the remaining allegations introduced by former wardrobe assistant Asha Daniels, who sued the Grammy winner in September 2023.

Daniels accused the pop star and her workforce of making a poisonous work surroundings stuffed with “racist and fat-phobic comments,” sexual misconduct and incapacity discrimination.

In a sharply worded court docket submitting, Lizzo’s attorneys described Daniels as a “disgruntled former employee with an inflated ego” and claimed she was pushed by “personal vendettas” in opposition to the artist.

Daniels’ legal professional Ronald Zambrano dismissed the movement as anticipated authorized maneuvering.

“We fully expected the defence to file a motion to dismiss. We also fully expect the judge to deny the motion,” he stated.

Daniels’ lawsuit adopted a separate authorized grievance filed by three of Lizzo’s former dancers, who additionally alleged sexual harassment and a hostile office.

A judge later trimmed some of the dancers’ claims but allowed others to move forward. Lizzo’s legal team is currently appealing that decision.

Lizzo has denied all of the accusations and addressed the controversy throughout an look on the “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer“ podcast.

“The hardest part about all of this is that none of these things are true,” she stated. “The sexual harassment one is really the one that upsets me the most.”

The court docket has not but dominated on the movement to dismiss Daniels’ lawsuit.

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