MrBeast sued by contestants of Amazon show Beast Games as abuse allegations mount

On apical of the accusations of staging content, MrBeast is present being sued by Beast Games participants for intersexual harassment and ‘gross mistreatment’.

It’s been a engaged summer for MrBeast, existent sanction Jimmy Donaldson, who is presently facing accusations of staging content and hosting amerciable lotteries successful his YouTube videos.

His caller Amazon Prime Video series, called Beast Games – which volition see 1,000 contestants warring implicit a prize worthy $5 cardinal (£3.7 million) – was besides criticised by participants backmost successful August, who said they were ‘barely fed’.

Now 5 anonymous contestants successful Beast Games are suing MrBeast and Amazon, claiming insufficient wages, intersexual harassment, and ‘gross mistreatment and neglect’.

The plaintiffs filed a people enactment suit against MrBeast, Amazon, and related accumulation companies astatine the Los Angeles Superior Court connected Monday.

According to the ineligible complaint, seen by The Washington Post, respective contestants were hospitalised oregon suffered carnal injuries during the show. Some were besides derived of sleep, food, and aesculapian care, the suit states.

The ailment besides mentions allegations of intersexual harassment ‘throughout the production’.

‘The pistillate contestants peculiarly and collectively suffered arsenic a effect of Defendants’ actions,’ the ailment says, adding:

‘The Beast Games enactment situation systematically fostered a civilization of misogyny and sexism wherever Production Staff did nothing.’

The plaintiffs besides reason that immoderate of them haven’t been paid their question expenses, and that the magnitude they were paid didn’t conscionable minimum wage requirements, based connected however galore hours they worked.

The ailment besides alleges that contestants were misled astir the likelihood of winning the $5 cardinal currency prize.

MrBeast has reportedly hired personage lawyer Alex Spiro, who has sent a cease and desist to the whistleblower who called the YouTuber a ‘fraud’ for staging contented earlier this summer.

It’s chartless what MrBeast’s absorption is to the lawsuit, but Metro has contacted him for comment. There is nary publically known merchandise day acceptable for Beast Games yet.

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