Lizzo presenting on the Grammys raised many eyebrows — together with these of the lawyer repping the backup dancers suing her, and he is claiming feminine privilege is the one cause she was there.
Neama Rahmani, who represents a number of Lizzo accusers, tells TMZ … he is upset the singer was tapped to current the Greatest R&B Music award, and overtly wonders why the Recording Academy would decide to present a platform to somebody who allegedly sexually harassed her backup dancers.
Neama tells us he smells a double commonplace at play right here — noting that if a white man confronted the identical kind of sexual harassment, racism, and fats shaming allegations … he does not assume there’s any method they’d be afforded the identical alternative Lizzo acquired.
Merely put … Neama thinks the Grammys turning a blind eye to Lizzo’s controversy is as a result of she’s a lady, and he is bummed they invited her amid the claims in opposition to her.
Nevertheless, he stays assured the reality will come out when his shoppers prevail within the lawsuit — a end result he hopes will immediate the Recording Academy to begin believing people who find themselves courageous sufficient to come back ahead in opposition to highly effective celebrities.
FWIW … Lizzo has outright denied these ex-backup dancers’ allegations.
Nonetheless, many viewers at residence shared Neama’s shock at seeing Lizzo on stage — with the sentiment being she’s suffered zero penalties after the lawsuits … which haven’t settled or gone to trial but.
As we reported,. 3 of Lizzo’s former dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez — sued the singer in August 2023 for allegedly making a hostile work atmosphere.
Two months later, she was hit with an analogous swimsuit from a separate dancer.
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Value noting … TMZ obtained authorized docs in October, the place 18 members of Lizzo’s touring firm wrote declarations standing with Lizzo, and disputing the claims made in opposition to her.
We have reached out to the Recording Academy for remark … to date, no phrase again.