The trio claim that, while on a concert trip with the artist to Amsterdam in February 2023, Lizzo invited them for a night out on the town that ended in the city's Red Light District.
They said in their filing: 'Things quickly got out of hand. Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers' vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers' vaginas.'
EXCLUSIVE: Lizzo has been DROPPED from Super Bowl Halftime Show consideration in the wake of...
EXCLUSIVE: Lizzo has been DROPPED from Super Bowl Halftime Show consideration in the wake of dancers' shocking sexual harassment and abuse claims - as her team frantically scrambles to 'save her sinking ship'
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- Lizzo, 35, is being sued by three dancers 'sexual harassment and weight shaming
- Six ex employees just filed similar complaints, bringing the total to nine people
- The About Damn Time hitmaker says that they are 'false allegations'
- READ MORE: Was Jay-Z's Made In America festival cancelled because of Lizzo?
Lizzo has been dropped from Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show consideration after facing a series of shocking sexual harassment and fat-shaming allegations from former dancers - leaving her team in a desperate scramble to 'save her sinking ship' of a career.
Earlier this month the 35-year-old popstar - who has marketed herself as a body-positive activist - found herself at the center of a sensational scandal when three of her former dancers, Crystal Williams, Noelle Rodriguez and Arianna Davis, filed a lawsuit against her, accusing Lizzo of creating a 'hostile work environment'.
Now, an NFL insider exclusively tells DailyMail.com that the ensuing backlash over the allegations has prompted the organization to immediately drop Lizzo from Super Bowl Halftime Show contention - having previously had her name in the mix as one of the front-runners for the 2024 spectacle.
'Talks of Lizzo being a part of the Halftime festivities, or performing the National Anthem, are dead now that she is surrounded by scandal,' the source said in the wake of the accusations - which Lizzo vehemently denies.
Lizzo accusers' attorney says this is how she is behind closed doors...
Since the lawsuit was filed, Lizzo has lost more than 120,000 followers on Instagram.
Hours after the lawsuit news was made public, Lizzo's former creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson and dancer Courtney Hollinquest claimed they experienced similar mistreatment.
In her statement addressing the allegations, Lizzo wrote: 'These last few days have been gut wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing.
'My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticized. Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.
'These sensationalized stories are coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.
'As an artist I have always been very passionate about what I do. I take my music and my performances seriously because at the end of the day I only want to put out the best art that represents me and my fans.
'With passion comes hard work and high standards. Sometimes I have to make hard decisions but it's never my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren't valued as an important part of the team.
'l am not here to be looked at as a victim, but I also know that I am not the villain that people and the media have portrayed me to be these last few days.
'I am very open with my sexuality and expressing myself but I cannot accept or allow people to use that openness to make me out to be something I am not.
'There is nothing I take more seriously than the respect we deserve as women in the world. I know what it feels like to be body shamed on a daily basis and would absolutely never criticize or terminate an employee because of their weight.
'I'm hurt but I will not let the good work I've done in the world be overshadowed by this. I want to thank everyone who has reached out in support to lift me up during this difficult time.'
In their Good Morning America interview, the dancers addressed Lizzo's response, with Davis stating: 'This post felt like a punch.'
Williams expressed disappointment that Lizzo did not provide 'acknowledgement of our feelings when her brand is to preach about women empowerment'.
'I'm honestly mind blown at the hypocrisy just of everything that you stand for. You're contradicting right before our very eyes,' she said.
Rodriguez
added: 'For the many women that have - because it's mainly women - that
have come forward and said they felt the same, or have shared their
stories with us because they don't want to publicly share it yet, it
completely kind of invalidates all of our experience and our trauma and
our pain.'
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