Lizzo says “the truth is finally out” following her recent legal victory in an ongoing dispute with former dancers.
In an Instagram and TikTok update on Monday (Dec. 15), the four-time Grammy winner addressed the latest developments in connection with the lawsuit against her and other defendants. The suit, first filed in August 2023, saw the accusers dropping allegations of fat-shaming, while the larger suit itself will proceed.
“The fat-shaming claims against me have been officially dropped by my accusers,” Lizzo wrote in the caption of a video shared Monday, as seen below. “They conceded it had no merit in court. There was no evidence that I fired them because they gained weight. Because it never happened. Now the truth is finally out. They weren't fired for gaining weight. They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex-employees.”
Lizzo went on to say that she has “never” fired anyone for gaining weight, adding that this legal battle remains in progress and will not end with a settlement.
“I have never fired an employee for gaining weight,” she asserted. “I have only encouraged and supported people with bigger bodies and shared my platform with them. This claim has haunted me since the day it came out. It has been devastating to suffer through this in silence but I let my lawyers lead and I'm so grateful for this victory. I am still in a legal battle. I am not settling. I will be fighting every single claim until the truth is out.”
Meanwhile, Ron Zambrano, an attorney representing the three former dancers suing Lizzo, said in a statement shared Friday (Dec. 12) that his clients were taking “a considered approach to leave that be” when it comes to dismissed claims.
“We have filed our respondent's brief in response to the defendant's opening appellate brief, including Lizzo’s,” Zambrano said at the time. “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.”
In a previous statement shared just under a year ago, Zambrano said that he and his clients “stand by the claims” in the lawsuit, adding that they are “prepared to prove everything in court.”
Lizzo, meanwhile, has maintained her innocence in connection with the various claims against her. In an initial statement shared in 2023, she slammed the allegations at the core of the lawsuit as mere “sensationalized stories” stemming from “former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”