Lizzo says she was ‘stunned’ by the lawsuit towards her

Lizzo opened up in regards to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed towards her final 12 months.

The “Fact Hurts” singer was accused of harassment final August by three of her backup dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — however the singer was dismissed. rejected of the case. His firm, Large Grrrl Large Touring, Inc., continues to be named within the lawsuit.

The dancers accused Lizzo of forcing them to the touch bare performers and eat “bananas protruding from the performers’ v-ginas” at Bananenbar, an Amsterdam membership, throughout their tour.

In response to PEOPLELizzo spoke in regards to the trial throughout an episode of “Baby, this is Keke Palmer” Thursday. The “Boys” singer mentioned she wanted time to course of the allegations.

Lizzo had simply completed her “Beware the Large Grrrls.”” tour when she was “blinded” by the trial.

“I used to be actually residing in my dream, after which the tour ended, and three ex-dancers utterly blindsided me with a lawsuit,” she recalled, including that she was “utterly stunned.”

Lizzo additionally mentioned she was “deeply damage” given the chance she gave the dancers.

“I used to be very deeply damage as a result of these had been three former dancers, so that they weren’t on the tour. They did not end the tour with us. However even no matter that, these are individuals who I gave alternatives to,” she mentioned.

Lizzo revealed that she did not even invite the dancers to Bananenbar, and that the expertise allowed her to have extra boundaries when it got here to her staff.

“I used to be planning to do away with that,” she famous, including that she initially went to the membership alone earlier than others joined her. “I did not take them anyplace. They got here to the membership I used to be at and it wasn’t an compulsory invitation,” she mentioned. “I did not even know these two explicit dancers had been going to come back to thoughts, you. Solely two of them got here up, although all three mentioned they had been, it was solely two, I did not even know they had been coming.”

In response toPEOPLELizzo was accused of encouraging dancers to seize dildos despatched from Bananenbar performers’ vaginas. She was additionally accused of encouraging dancers to “take turns consuming bananas protruding from performers’ vaginas.”

Lizzo went on to say that the night was enjoyable however that “it was all consensual.”

Lizzo added that she had “performed nothing unsuitable” and that she liked all three dancers earlier than the trial. She was notably offended by the sexual harassment allegation.

“These had been individuals who — I liked them and appreciated them as dancers, I revered them as dancers,” Lizzo mentioned.

“So I used to be like, what? However then I heard all the opposite issues like sexual harassment, and I used to be like, nicely they’re making an attempt, I do not know what they’re making an attempt to do, however these are the sorts of issues that the media can flip into one thing they aren’t…Let me be clear, I did nothing unsuitable.”

Lizzo denied the accusations on Instagram in 2023 and known as the allegations “false.”

“The previous few days have been terribly tough and very disappointing. My work ethic, morals and respect have been known as into query,” she wrote.

The Grammy Award winner additionally mentioned the accusations had been “sensational.”

“My character has been criticized. Normally I select not to reply to false allegations, however these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to go away unaddressed. These sensational tales come from former staff who’ve already publicly admitted that they had been advised their habits on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”

Lizzo was additionally sued in September 2023 by her former wardrobe stylist, Asha Daniels. Daniels claimed the “Rumors” singer harassed and intimidated herself, dancers and background singers whereas touring with the artist.

“I noticed myself, the dancers, the backup singers and my native crew in each metropolis being routinely harassed and intimidated,” Daniels mentioned.

“A decide noticed this, and in courtroom he seemed on the proof and mentioned, ‘OK. We won’t permit this to occur,'” Lizzo mentioned, noting that she had been excluded from the trial, however the criticism is maintained.

Daniels’ legal professional, Ron Zambrano, famous that the lawsuit continues to be ongoing and doesn’t absolve the singer of any wrongdoing.

“The lawsuit continues to be very lively and has not been dismissed,” he mentioned. “The choice will not be as a result of a scarcity of proof, however somewhat as a result of causes of procedural competence. It under no circumstances absolves Lizzo of the egregious allegations that occurred on her watch.”