Lizzo‘s hitting back.
The 35-year-old “Truth Hurts” superstar plans to sue the same backup dancers who are taking her to court, via TMZ.
New photos appear to show her accusers having a great time backstage following some topless entertainment in Paris, France, taken about a month after the infamous banana incident in Amsterdam, according to the outlet.
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Lizzo‘s attorney Marty Singer tells TMZ that Lizzo‘s accusers are seen “happily carousing” and “gleefully reveling” backstage with the performers from a topless cabaret show in Paris during Lizzo‘s tour on March 5, about a month after the February incident, during which they claim she pressured them to eat bananas from performers’ vaginas.
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Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez claim they were forced to go to the Paris topless show, but her attorney says the photos contradict that, and they are seen “happily cavorting backstage” with the topless dancers.
The lawyer also says Lizzo‘s accusers chose to renew their contracts with Lizzo a few weeks after the Paris show, and returned for the third leg of her tour.
The attorney for the accusers, Neama Rahmani, says of the photos: “Of course, they wanted to keep their jobs. They had bills to pay just like everyone else but they finally had enough of the abuse. We stand by every claim in the lawsuit and look forward to trial.”
“We’ve been hearing from other former employees sharing similar stories, and as seen in the Los Angeles Times article today about how Lizzo used intimate footage of her dancers without their approval in the 2022 HBO Max Love Lizzo documentary, we’re seeing even more of a pattern of just how much Lizzo thinks of those who work for her. Clearly, not very much.”
Lizzo‘s attorney says he has other “substantial evidence” in addition to the photos and videos that “prove the glaring contradictions between what the plaintiffs claim in their bogus lawsuit and what is actually proven by the facts,” and calls the accusers’ lawsuit a “sham.”
Several stars have also spoken out in defense of Lizzo, as have a group of her dancers.