Megan Thee Stallion’s attorneys have responded to “sensationalist” harassment lawsuit

Megan Thee Stallion‘s attorneys have responded to the “sensationalist” work harassment lawsuit filed towards her final month.

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Again in April, digital camera man Emilio Garcia accused Thee Stallion – actual identify Megan Pete – and her administration Roc Nation of harassment and making a hostile work surroundings. He claimed that the Houston rapper had intercourse in a automotive in entrance of him whereas touring in Spain in 2022 and made “sexual and fat-shaming feedback” in the direction of him.

Garcia added that he believes Thee Stallion and Roc Nation later retaliated towards him by decreasing his work and ultimately terminating him.

On the time, Pete’s Pete’s attorneys Mari Henderson and Alex Spiro stated in an announcement: “That is an employment declare for cash – with no sexual harassment declare filed and with salacious accusations to try to embarrass her. We’ll cope with this in courtroom.”

In a report launched by Billboard, Megan’s attorneys filed their response yesterday (Might 30). Henderson and Spiro stated Garcia’s lawsuit “consists nearly fully of falsehoods, misrepresentations of truth, and outlandish claims that haven’t any foundation in reality or legislation and no benefit.”

Spiro went on to name the plaintiff “a con artist who’s manipulating the judicial system to behave as his publicist and bullhorn in a determined try to spice up his failed singing profession whereas attempting to tear down the profitable profession of Megan Thee Stallion.”

Later within the report, Spiro alleged the previous contractor was terminated after he repeatedly “falsified his invoices and overcharged Ms. Pete for providers he by no means accomplished.”

The attorneys added: “Indignant on the lack of this high-profile gig and his exile from the inside circles of stardom, [the] plaintiff filed a factually and legally frivolous Grievance.

“Plaintiff took a run-of-the-mill wage and labor dispute and trumped up his frivolous claims with sensationalist false allegations of intercourse, debauchery, and office harassment for the only objective of making a media firestorm to tarnish the profession and fame of Ms. Pete.”

Thee Stallion’s attorneys additionally argued that the case was filed in fully the fallacious place and at the moment are searching for to have it moved to federal courtroom. They stated the case has “completely no connection to California state courtroom” – citing the truth that Garcia lives in Texas and Thee Stallion lives in Florida.

“Plaintiff was extra involved with staging his lawsuit in an improper discussion board than precisely pleading the details underlying his claims,” Henderson and Spiro wrote.

Billboard obtained an announcement from Garcia’s legal professional Ron Zambrano, who stated Megan by no means raised any points about him falsifying invoices or overcharging. They referred to as the response submitting “one other try by one other superstar to disgrace the sufferer and shift blame from their very own abhorrent habits.”

“Her attorneys are appropriate, our consumer is indignant, however not by being so-called exiled ‘from the inside circles of stardom’,” Zambrano stated. “He’s indignant due to how he was handled. Megan Thee Stallion broke the legislation. Interval. Nobody is mendacity right here however her.”

NME has reached out to Megan Thee Stallion’s representatives to touch upon the continuing lawsuit.

Megan Thee Stallion is at the moment on the North American leg of her ‘Sizzling Woman Summer time’ world tour, with GloRilla as her assist act.

Quickly, the tour will head to the UK and Europe with out GloRilla, beginning in Glasgow on July 4. She can even cease in Paris, Amsterdam, Birmingham and extra earlier than ending the leg in London’s O2 Enviornment on July 17.

Verify here for any out there tickets for the US and Europe reveals. These on the lookout for tickets for any of Thee Stallion’s UK reveals can discover them here.

In different information, Eminem name-checked Megan on his newest single ‘Houdini’, publicly asking the rapper to collaborate with him.