Photographer alleges he was compelled to observe Megan Thee Stallion have intercourse and was unfairly fired
LOS ANGELES — A photographer who labored for Megan Thee Stallion mentioned in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was compelled to observe her have intercourse, was unfairly fired quickly after and was abused as her worker.
Within the swimsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, 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 lady proper subsequent to him. He was unable to get out of the transferring automotive, and would have been in the course of nowhere abroad 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 battle 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 following day Megan advised Garcia by no means to debate what he noticed and berated and fat-shamed him, the lawsuit mentioned. The criticism additionally mentioned Garcia, who had already thought of quitting as a result of he was overworked and underpaid in a hostile work atmosphere 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 swimsuit mentioned. He has since filed a job discrimination criticism with the California Civil Rights Division.
The lawsuit, first reported by NBC Information, names as defendants Megan, whose authorized title 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 fast response to an electronic mail looking for remark from a consultant of Roc Nation.
Garcia is looking for 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 decide sentenced him to 10 years in jail.
Already a significant rising artist on the time of the capturing, Megan has since turn out to be one among hip-hop’s greatest stars. She received a Grammy for greatest 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.”
