Megan Thee Stallion’s authorized workforce has responded to the claims from a latest lawsuit in opposition to her from a former worker.
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Megan’s Legal Team Shuts Down Alleged Accusations
In a brand new court docket submitting obtained by Rolling Stone, Megan’s legal professionals, Mari Henderson and Alex Spiro say “there is no truth” to the “fabricated” and “outlandish” claims of sexual harassment and labor code violations made by her former cameraman, Emilio Garcia.
Rolling Stone acquired Meg’s legal professionals’ formal response to Garcia’s complaints. Both Henderson and Spiro stand agency on their beliefs that Garcia is making an “employment claim for money.”
“Plaintiff is a con artist who is manipulating the judicial system to act as his publicist and bullhorn in a desperate attempt to boost his failed singing career while trying to tear down the successful career of Megan thee Stallion,” Henderson and Spiro reportedly wrote. “Throughout his tenure as an independently contracted photographer and videographer for Ms. Pete and her production companies…(Garcia) repeatedly falsified his invoices and overcharged Ms. Pete for services he never completed and sought reimbursements for money he never spent.”
According to the outlet, the legal professionals have referred to as Garcia’s go well with “factually and legally frivolous.”
“Angry at the loss of this high-profile gig and his exile from the inner circles of stardom, (Garcia) filed a factually and legally frivolous complaint. (He) took a run of the mill wage and labor dispute and trumped up his frivolous claims with sensationalist false allegations of sex, debauchery, and workplace harassment for the sole purpose of creating a media firestorm to tarnish the career and reputation of Ms. Pete,” the legal professionals reportedly asserted.
Billboard provides that Megan’s legal professionals have argued that Garcia’s go well with was wrongly filed in a California state court docket. However, he and Megan don’t have any connection to the state as Garcia reportedly lives in Texas whereas Megan resides in Florida.
Furthermore, the legal professionals are reportedly in search of to have the case “moved to federal court.”
More Details On The Lawsuit & Allegations Against Megan
As The Shade Room beforehand reported, Garcia filed a harassment lawsuit in opposition to Megan on April 23. He labored for the hip hop star between 2018 and 2023. Emilio alleges in his criticism that Megan did not pay him extra time, made derogatory statements about him, and as soon as engaged in sexual contact with a girl whereas in an SUV in June 2022. According to Garcia, the incident occurred throughout a visit to Ibiza, Spain in June 2022. After the journey, he claims that Megan advised him, “Don’t ever discuss what you saw.” He additionally talked about that she fat-shamed him with a number of insults in the course of the journey, together with calling him a “fat b***h.”
As defined by Rolling Stone, Garcia additionally says within the lawsuit that he was terminated as a consequence of his complaints about funds and hour points. Furthermore, he reveals that he was fired the evening earlier than a gig after confiding in Megan’s make-up artist about his mistreatment.
NBC News studies that the entire quantity Emilio is in search of from Megan exceeds six figures. He is reportedly pursuing curiosity on unpaid wages and extra time wages, in addition to any inflicting damages from the Houston rapper. He additionally asking that Meg cowl his legal professional charges.
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