{"id":41565,"date":"2025-07-21T22:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/lizzos-camp-calls-stylist-brazen-liar-seeks-full-lawsuit-dismissal\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:50:05","slug":"lizzos-camp-calls-stylist-brazen-liar-seeks-full-lawsuit-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/lizzos-camp-calls-stylist-brazen-liar-seeks-full-lawsuit-dismissal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo’s Camp Calls Stylist ‘Brazen Liar,’ Seeks Full Lawsuit Dismissal"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tLizzo<\/a>\u2019s lawyers say the lawsuit filed by a wardrobe assistant over alleged discrimination and wrongful termination during the Grammy winner\u2019s 2023 European tour is \u201cmeritless,\u201d so all remaining allegations against Lizzo\u2019s touring company should be dismissed before a trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a scathing new filing, Lizzo\u2019s lawyers call plaintiff Asha Daniels a \u201cbrazen liar\u201d and \u201cdisgruntled former employee with an inflated ego\u201d who harbors \u201cpersonal vendettas\u201d against Lizzo, her tour manager Carlina Gugliotta, and wardrobe manager Amanda Nomura. The lawyers claim Daniels sued with \u201cabsurd allegations\u201d because she was upset her assistant job did not \u201cgrant her direct access to Lizzo\u201d to pitch costume ideas and play with designs.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOnce [Daniels] joined the tour, it was immediately evident that she felt the role was beneath her,\u201d the 34-page filing obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em> reads. \u201cTo add insult to injury, Daniels got no closer to Lizzo than occasionally smiling at her in passing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn response to the new motion for summary judgment, Daniels\u2019 lead lawyer, Ronald Zambrano, says he\u2019s not worried.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe fully expected the defense to file a motion to dismiss. We also fully expect the judge to deny the motion, and we look forward to taking this case to trial and winning,\u201d Zambrano says in a statement. \u201cThe motion is meritless, and the defense knows it, but their modus operandi is to treat all lawsuits as having no grounds to proceed by repeatedly blaming the victim. It won\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the new motion filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Daniels has not produced \u201ca single witness\u201d to back up the complaints of a hostile work environment she started making involving Nomura during her first few days on the job. Lizzo\u2019s lawyers say Gugliotta took the complaints seriously from the start, investigated, found nothing illegal and instructed the two to get along. \u201cDaniels could and would not do so,\u201d the paperwork filed Friday says.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe new filing further seeks to discredit Daniels\u2019 claims she faced disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The lawyers say Daniels\u2019 allegations that she never received accommodations for an ankle injury, an allergic reaction, and two broken acrylic nails that caused her nail beds to bleed were baseless. The lawyers fault Daniels for wearing slide-on gym shoes or Crocs during her work hours, not asking for crutches, and failing to request a ladder for her bunk bed on the tour bus.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe could not reasonably believe that a rolled ankle, broken acrylic nails or feeling \u2018woozy\u2019 are disabilities under the ADA,\u201d the new filing reads. The lawyers say Daniels \u201cmay not have liked the way Nomura allegedly behaved,\u201d but \u201cnone of the complained-of conduct that allegedly offended Daniels is actionable discrimination or retaliation under federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the new motion, Lizzo\u2019s lawyers are asking the judge to step in and rule that the superstar\u2019s touring company, Big Grrrl, has no liability based on the stated claims and evidence so far. Last December, the court granted a similar motion in Lizzo\u2019s favor, cutting her loose<\/a> as an individual defendant, apart from her company.<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniels first filed her lawsuit in Sept. 2023<\/a>, alleging the atmosphere on Lizzo\u2019s tour subjected her to \u201cracist and fat phobic comments,\u201d sexual harassment, and disability discrimination. She claimed Nomura physically injured her by rolling a \u201cheavy clothing rack\u201d over her foot.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a text exchange included in court documents, Daniels told Gugliotta that Nomura \u201cran over\u201d her foot with the rack and pushed her. She said she wanted Nomura to \u201cstop bullying\u201d her. \u201cIt\u2019s not lost on me that I\u2019m one of the only black women working behind the scenes & I feel like she is treating me like I\u2019m a slave and can\u2019t have a voice,\u201d one message said.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019m going to talk to her today for you. We don\u2019t want anyone to feel like they are being bullied or not having a nice time,\u201d Gugliotta responded. \u201cAlso, you aren\u2019t the only black woman just so you know. We are very female heavy behind the scenes on this tour which is great and we do have another black lady in video\/lighting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDaniels filed her complaint in the wake of a similar sexual harassment and hostile workplace environment lawsuit filed by three of Lizzo\u2019s former dancers. Lizzo has denied the claims<\/a>. In a March 2024 Instagram post, the \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d singer said she was considering quitting the industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet. All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a ruling last year, a judge clipped some of the dancers\u2019 lawsuit<\/a> but allowed the rest to proceed. Lizzo and her lawyers are appealing that ruling.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to Keke Palmer on the actress\u2019 podcast last December, Lizzo addressed the legal claims<\/a> head-on. \u201cI was literally living in my dream and then the tour ended and three ex-dancers just completely blindsided me with a lawsuit,\u201d Lizzo said on the\u00a0Baby This Is Keke Palmer<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>podcast.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe hardest part about all of this is that none of these things are true,\u201d Lizzo said, calling the claims \u201cridiculous\u201d and \u201cvery silly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI could go through every single one. The sexual harassment one is really the one that upsets me the most,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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