Dec 17, 2025
3 min read
Lizzo just won a legal battle against three former backup dancers ... the women dropped their claims that Lizzo defamed them, even as the rest of the case unfolds ... we've learned.
Lizzo's provincial defamation claim dismissed in sexual harassment case
An embarrassing court battle was interrupted by Lizzo's dancers
Lizzo just won her legal battle against 3 former contestants... the women dropped their claims that Lizzo shamed them, despite all the accusations going on... lessons learned.
Lizzo's powerhouse attorney, Marty Singer, and his partner, Melissa Y. Glass, tell the fat-shaming claims were a major part of the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Arianna Davis, Noelle Rodriguez, and Crystal Williams, but they insist it always lacked merit.
According to Lizzo's lawyers, these allegations were refuted by 18 witnesses in affidavits filed in court.
They said Davis was fired because a Superior Court judge "recorded Lizzo without permission at a dance party gathering and sent it to Williams, who no longer works on The Special Tour."
The embarrassing remark was just one of many they made against the artist.
You may remember ... In 2023, Arianna, Noelle and Crystal stated that Lizzo subjected them to naked entertainment shows during their trip to Amsterdam and Paris, and that they were clearly uncomfortable.
In the documents, the women said Lizzo forced dancers to have sex with performers at Bananenbar in Amsterdam, where the women were known to eat bananas from the performers' private parts.Lizzo has denied the allegations.
While the serious claims are still being fought in court, Lizzy's team says they are still "confident they will win the case."
But the dancers' attorney, Ronald Zambrano, told , "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."
