Lizzo Breaks Silence on ‘Fat-Shaming’ Allegations Being Dropped From Ex-Employees’ Lawsuit Appeal

Lizzo is celebrating a legal victory after fat-shaming allegations from a bombshell 2023 lawsuit filed by three of her ex-dancers, Arianna Davis, Noelle Rodriguez and Crystal Williams, were dismissed by a Superior Court judge, and the accusers decided to drop their appeal.

The Detroit native posted a video to TikTok and Instagram on Monday (Dec. 15) featuring text of a statement of Lizzo speaking out about her accusers dropping the “fat-shaming” allegations against her.

“The-fat shaming claims against me have been officially dropped by my accusers,” the statement begins. “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.”

Lizzo says it was actually a secret recording that led to the dancers’ dismissal and she denied ever firing anyone over gaining weight. Lizzo alleged that a private conversation she had was filmed without her consent and sent to another former employee.

In a February 2024 ruling, Judge Epstein agreed that the fat-shaming allegations were barred by First Amendment protections and belied by evidence that the dancers were fired for recording a private meeting. The dancers initially appealed that decision, but they opted in November to drop the appeal.

“They weren’t fired for gaining weight,” she insisted. “They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex-employees. I have never fired an employee for gaining weight. I have only encouraged and supported people with bigger bodies and shared my platform with them.”

The 37-year-old continued: “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.”

While the fat-shaming allegations have been dropped, the case will still move forward against Lizzo and her production company. The trio of accusers alleged that Lizzo subjected them to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.

Lizzo’s team called the lawsuit a “fabricated sob story,” but a Los Angeles judge ruled that the case could move forward at the top of 2024.

Earlier in December, the former backup dancers urged the courts to allow the sexual harassment lawsuit to proceed to a trial and reject the “Truth Hurts” singer’s free speech claims. The accusers alleged that Lizzo pushed the ex-staffers to touch nude performers and eat bananas out of their genitals while they attended European sex shows in Amsterdam and Paris.

Lizzo’s attorney, Melissa Glass, claimed that the brief “regurgitates the false accusations from their complaint.”

“As was true two years ago, the dancers cannot find a single person to corroborate their meritless claims,” Glass said in a statement to Billboard on Dec. 11. “In contrast, 18 witnesses who worked with Lizzo on the Special tour submitted sworn statements refuting the claims made by Davis, Williams and Rodriguez. We look forward to the Court of Appeals ruling on this matter.”

Lizzo adamantly denied the salacious allegations made in the blockbuster lawsuit. “I cannot accept or allow people to use that openness to make me out to be something I am not,” the star said.

Watch Lizzo’s statement video, in full, below.