A-list female singer accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming as former dancers sue star
Lizzo is facing allegations of sexual harassment and weight-shaming in a new lawsuit
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About Damn Time and 2 Be Loved singer Lizzo is facing legal action from three former dancers.
The claims filed against the singer include sexual, religious and racial harassment as well as harbouring a hostile work environment.
Dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez are the three who are bringing the lawsuit against Lizzo.
Filed in LA on Tuesday, the lawsuit also includes accusations of discrimination, assault and false imprisonment.
NBC News first reported the claims which also say Lizzo fired one of the dancers after they secretly recorded a meeting.
The accusations didn't stop with Lizzo as the captain of her dance troupe, Shirlene Quigley, also faced allegations.
Lizzo performs on stage
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Quigley is also accused of trying to convert other performers over their religious beliefs.
She also supposedly condemned those who had premarital sex while simultaneously sharing lewd sexual fantasies, simulating oral sex and publicly discussing the virginity of one of the plaintiffs.
Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, is also accused of "pressuring" one of of the plaintiffs to "touch her breasts" during a performance in Amsterdam.
The plaintiff eventually agreed after "fearing it may harm her future on the team" if she didn't oblige.
Meanwhile, one of the dancers alleges Lizzo and Quigley asked if she was "struggling with something as she seemed less committed to her role on the dance cast".
The lawsuit explains that although never explicitly stated, the questions "gave the impression that she needed to explain her weight gain and disclose intimate personal details about her life in order to keep her job".
The alleged conversation about the dancer's weight allegedly took place after a performance at SXSW.
Lizzo, Quigley and the singer's production company are listed as defendants in the lawsuit while the plaintiffs' are represented by lawyer Ron Zambrano.
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Lizzo performed at the BRITs last year
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Zambrano said in a statement: "The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly.
"Privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are not only illegal but absolutely demoralizing."
Lizzo hasn't spoken out publicly about the allegations.
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