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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Lizzo 'blindsided' by sexual harassment lawsuit: 'I did nothing wrong'
Caption: Lizzo 'blindsided' by sexual harassment lawsuit: 'I did nothing wrong’. The Grammy-award-winning singer was accused by several people of harassment in the workplace in 2023, including claims from three of her former dancers and her former stylist. The claim from her stylist was dismissed in December, and now Lizzo has told how she will continue to fight the other claims "until they're all dismissed - not dropped, but dismissed”. The 36-year-old told Keke Palmer on the Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast, "It is a big victory”. She admitted she "needed time to process" after a whirlwind 2023 where she had her first arena tour with her Watch Out for the Big Grrrls dancers. ”I was literally living in my dream, and then the tour ended, and three ex-dancers just completely, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit," she said, admitting she was "completely surprised" by the complaint. ”I was very deeply hurt because these were three ex-dancers, so they weren't on the tour. They didn't, like, finish the tour out with us. But even regardless of that, these were people that I gave opportunities to.” "These were people that I liked and appreciated as dancers, respected them as dancers. So I was like, 'What?! But then I heard all the other things, like sexual harassment, and I was like, 'I don't know what they're trying to do,' but these are the types of things that the media can turn into something that it's not.” She said the experience has allowed her to pour her frustrations into her new album. ”A lot of the music is me talking things through. I remembered my purpose... I'm putting everything in my art.” Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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