Photographer alleges he was forced to watch Megan Thee Stallion have sex, was unfairly fired

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

Within the go well with filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, Emilio Garcia stated 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 lady proper subsequent to him. He was unable to get out of the shifting automobile, and would have been in the course of nowhere in another country even when he was in a position. Garcia was “embarrassed, mortified and offended all through the entire ordeal,” based on the lawsuit.

Alex Spiro, Megan’s lawyer, stated she would battle the lawsuit in courtroom.

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

The following day Megan instructed Garcia by no means to debate what he noticed and berated and fat-shamed him, the lawsuit stated. The grievance additionally stated 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 impartial 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 go well with stated. 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 firms Megan Thee Stallion Leisure and Sizzling Lady Touring; and her label, Roc Nation. A protection response has but to be filed. There was no fast 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 remedy 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 ft on a road 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 develop into one in every of hip-hop’s largest stars. She received 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.”