Lizzo on Thursday denied allegations made towards her this week by three former dancers who mentioned she created a hostile work setting whereas performing concert events through the Grammy-winning singer’s Particular Tour this 12 months.

The three dancers mentioned that they had been “uncovered to an overtly sexual environment that permeated their office,” in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom. The lawsuit described a number of episodes that attorneys for the dancers mentioned amounted to sexual harassment and weight shaming.

“Often I select not to answer false allegations however these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed,” Lizzo mentioned in a press release posted on social media. “These sensationalized tales are coming from former staff who’ve already publicly admitted that they have been informed their habits on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”

Two of the plaintiffs, Arianna Davis and Crystal Williams, grew to become dancers for Lizzo after competing on her actuality tv present on Amazon Prime, “Watch Out for the Massive Grrrls,” in 2021. The lawsuit says Ms. Davis and Ms. Williams have been fired within the spring of 2023.

The third plaintiff, Noelle Rodriguez, was employed in Could 2021 to carry out in Lizzo’s “Rumors” music video and joined her dance staff. Ms. Rodriguez resigned shortly after Ms. Davis and Ms. Williams have been fired, the lawsuit says.

Ms. Davis, who was recognized with a binge consuming dysfunction, mentioned within the lawsuit that a few of Lizzo’s statements to dancers gave her the impression that she needed to “clarify her weight acquire and disclose intimate private particulars about her life as a way to preserve her job.”

The lawsuit additionally describes an episode at a nightclub in Amsterdam the place Lizzo started inviting staff to the touch nude performers and deal with dildos and bananas used of their performances.

A dancer, fearing retaliation, “acquiesced” to touching the breast of a nude feminine performer regardless of repeatedly expressing little interest in doing so, the swimsuit says.

Lizzo mentioned in her assertion on Thursday that she took her music and performances significantly. “Generally I’ve to make laborious choices but it surely’s by no means my intention to make anybody really feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an essential a part of the staff,” the assertion mentioned.

She additionally nodded to the sexual harassment allegations and straight denied the claims that she had weight shamed dancers.

“I’m very open with my sexuality and expressing myself however I can not settle for or enable individuals to make use of that openness to make me out to be one thing I’m not,” the assertion mentioned. “There’s nothing I take extra significantly than the respect we deserve as ladies on the earth. I do know what it feels prefer to be physique shamed each day and would completely by no means criticize or terminate an worker due to their weight.”

The defendants within the lawsuit embrace Lizzo, utilizing her full title, Melissa Jefferson, as a substitute of her stage title; her manufacturing firm, Massive Grrrl Massive Touring Inc.; and Shirlene Quigley, the tour’s dance captain.

Lizzo didn’t tackle the allegations made towards Ms. Quigley, who was accused of constructing sexually express feedback to the dancers and of participating in spiritual harassment.