SZA is sharing love for Lizzo amid the harassment lawsuit introduced by three of the “Particular” singer’s former dancers in August.
In a brand new interview with Rolling Stone, SZA declined to touch upon the authorized points straight, however she did have constructive issues to say about her good buddy and musical collaborator. “I’m simply saying, primarily based on the values and the power that I see in my buddy, I simply actually assume that she’s a phenomenal particular person,” she stated. “I simply actually pray that everyone recovers from this as a result of all people deserves to heal and really feel protected and really feel beloved.”
SZA added, “I simply actually hope that everyone finally ends up feeling like that when that is all stated and performed. As a result of that’s the underside line.”
The lawsuit, filed in August in Los Angeles by dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez, accuses Lizzo (actual title Melissa Jefferson) and her Large Grrrl Large Touring Inc. of a variety of authorized wrongdoing and included dozens of pages of detailed allegations.
In a single allegation, the lawsuit claims that Lizzo pushed the dancers to attend a intercourse present in Amsterdam’s famed Pink Mild District after which pressured them to have interaction with the performers. The lawsuit additionally detailed alleged outbursts by Lizzo, together with an “excruciating re-audition” in April after she accused the dancers of “consuming alcohol earlier than reveals”; one dancer claims the ordeal continued for thus lengthy that she moist herself as a result of she feared she can be fired if she left the stage. The case additionally claims Lizzo repeatedly advised dancers “none of their jobs had been protected” and raised “thinly veiled issues” a few dancer’s weight acquire.
Lizzo denied the claims in a response shared to Twitter, calling them “false allegations” and “sensationalized tales.”
