A photographer who worked for Megan Thee Stallion explained in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was pressured to check out her have sexual intercourse, was unfairly fired quickly soon after and was abused as her staff.
In the suit submitted in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, Emilio Garcia stated that right after a night out in 2022 in Ibiza, Spain, he was in an SUV with the hip-hop star when she commenced obtaining sex with one more woman suitable next to him. He was unable to get out of the going automobile, and would have been in the middle of nowhere in a overseas state even if he was equipped. Garcia was “embarrassed, mortified and offended all through the entire ordeal,” according to the lawsuit.
Alex Spiro, Megan’s attorney, said she would struggle the lawsuit in court.
“This is an employment assert for revenue — with no sexual harassment assert filed and with salacious accusations to attempt to embarrass her,” Spiro explained.
The up coming working day Megan told Garcia never to talk about what he noticed and berated and unwanted fat-shamed him, the lawsuit stated. The criticism also mentioned Garcia, who experienced already deemed quitting for the reason that he was overworked and underpaid in a hostile do the job atmosphere aggravated by Megan’s possessiveness and abusiveness, was misclassified as an unbiased contractor but addressed as an distinctive staff.
Garcia lifted these challenges in the dialogue with Megan, and was fired the next working day immediately after four decades of operating for her, the accommodate stated. He has considering the fact that submitted a job discrimination criticism with the California Civil Legal rights Section.
The lawsuit, first described by NBC Information, names as defendants Megan, whose authorized identify is Megan Pete her providers Megan Thee Stallion Enjoyment and Hot Lady Touring and her label, Roc Country. A defense response has but to be submitted. There was no instant reaction to an e mail looking for comment from a consultant of Roc Nation.
Garcia is seeking money damages to be established at trial, alleging he has experienced seriously equally emotionally and physically for the reason that of his cure on the task, the firing and possessing to witness the scene in the SUV.
Megan, 29, was formerly concerned in big lawful drama — and underwent a torrent of on the internet abuse — as the victim of a capturing by rapper Tory Lanez, who a jury observed fired at her toes on a road in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. She testified at the demo where by jurors convicted Lanez of 3 felonies and a decide sentenced him to 10 yrs in prison.
By now a significant rising artist at the time of the capturing, Megan has because turn into one particular of hip-hop’s most important stars. She gained a Grammy for greatest new artist in 2021, and she experienced No. 1 singles with “Savage,” showcasing Beyoncé, and as a guest on Cardi B’s “WAP.”
