Lizzo says “the truth is finally out” after scoring a major legal win in her ongoing battle with former dancers.
In a Monday (Dec. 15) update shared on Instagram and TikTok, the four-time Grammy winner spoke on the latest shift in the lawsuit filed against her and other defendants back in August 2023. The dancers have officially dropped their fat-shaming accusations, though the broader case is still moving forward.
“The fat-shaming claims against me have been officially dropped by my accusers,” Lizzo wrote in the caption of her video. “They conceded it had no merit in court. There was no evidence that I fired them because they gained weight. Because it never happened. Now the truth is finally out. They weren’t fired for gaining weight. They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex-employees.”
Lizzo emphasized that she has never dismissed anyone for gaining weight and noted that the legal fight continues — with no plans to settle.
“I have never fired an employee for gaining weight,” she added. “I have only encouraged and supported people with bigger bodies and shared my platform with them. This claim has haunted me since the day it came out. It has been devastating to suffer through this in silence but I let my lawyers lead and I’m so grateful for this victory. I am still in a legal battle. I am not settling. I will be fighting every single claim until the truth is out.”
Meanwhile, Ron Zambrano, the attorney representing the three former dancers suing Lizzo, said in a statement shared Friday (Dec. 12) that his clients chose “a considered approach to leave that be” regarding the dismissed claims.
“We have filed our respondent’s brief in response to the defendant’s opening appellate brief, including Lizzo’s,” Zambrano said. “We are maintaining that Judge Epstein was correct in his ruling denying Lizzo’s special motion to strike the vast majority of claims they attacked, including false imprisonment and harassment. Of the couple of claims Judge Epstein did dismiss, the plaintiffs have taken a considered approach to leave that be. One would hope to see the same level of intellectual honesty and neutral assessment from the defendants, but that hasn’t been the case thus far and it’s disappointing.”
In a statement shared nearly a year ago, Zambrano said he and his clients “stand by the claims” in the lawsuit and are “prepared to prove everything in court.”
Lizzo, on the other hand, has continued to assert her innocence. In her initial 2023 statement, she dismissed the allegations at the heart of the suit as “sensationalized stories” coming from “former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”
