Photographer alleges harassment by Megan Thee Stallion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A photographer who labored for Megan Thee Stallion mentioned in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was pressured to look at her have intercourse, was unfairly fired quickly after and was abused as her worker.

Within the swimsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, Emilio Garcia mentioned that after an evening out in 2022 in Ibiza, Spain, he was in an SUV with the hip-hop star when she started having intercourse with one other girl proper subsequent to him. He was unable to get out of the transferring automobile and would have been in the course of nowhere out of the country, even when he was ready. Garcia was “embarrassed, mortified and offended all through the entire ordeal,” based on the lawsuit.

Alex Spiro, Megan’s lawyer, mentioned she would struggle the lawsuit in courtroom.

“That is an employment declare for cash — with no sexual harassment declare filed and with salacious accusations to aim to embarrass her,” Spiro mentioned.

The subsequent day Megan instructed Garcia by no means to debate what he noticed and berated and fat-shamed him, the lawsuit mentioned. The grievance additionally mentioned Garcia, who had already thought-about quitting as a result of he was overworked and underpaid in a hostile work setting aggravated by Megan’s possessiveness and abusiveness, was misclassified as an unbiased contractor however handled as an unique worker.

Garcia raised these points within the dialog with Megan, and was fired the next day after 4 years of working for her, the swimsuit mentioned. He has since filed a job discrimination grievance with the California Civil Rights Division.

The lawsuit, first reported by NBC Information, names as defendants Megan, whose authorized identify is Megan Pete; her corporations Megan Thee Stallion Leisure and Sizzling Lady Touring; and her label, Roc Nation. A protection response has but to be filed. There was no instant response to an e mail in search of remark from a consultant of Roc Nation.

Garcia is in search of monetary damages to be decided at trial, alleging he has suffered severely, each emotionally and bodily, due to his therapy on the job, the firing and having to witness the scene within the SUV.

Megan, 29, was beforehand concerned in main authorized drama — and underwent a torrent of on-line abuse — because the sufferer of a capturing by rapper Tory Lanez, who a jury discovered fired at her toes on a avenue within the Hollywood Hills in 2020. She testified on the trial the place jurors convicted Lanez of three felonies and a choose sentenced him to 10 years in jail.

Already a serious rising artist on the time of the capturing, Megan has since turn into one in all hip-hop’s largest stars. She gained a Grammy for finest new artist in 2021, and he or she had No. 1 singles with “Savage,” that includes Beyoncé, and as a visitor on Cardi B’s “WAP.”