Lawsuit against MrBeast: show participants speak of abuse and sexual harassment

For a long time, there have been allegations against the YouTube star. Now a formal complaint has been filed in court.

The situation around JimmyMrBeastDonaldson, the world’s biggest YouTuber in terms of pure subscriber numbers, is coming to a head.

After the accusations against him have been mounting for several months, a class-action lawsuit has now been filed by five candidates from his show Beast Games In the show, several candidates compete against each other with the prospect of winning five million US dollars in prize money.

The accusations revolve around sexual harassment and chronic abuse Amazon, as the producer of the show, is also in the dock, because the

The accusation: unpaid salaries and poor working conditions

The industry magazine Variety has published a partially redactedtranscript of the indictment The accuser demands that Amazon and MrBeast’s production company make outstanding, contractually stipulated payments for participating in the show, in addition to an unspecified amount of damages.

The former participants and participants allege that, among other things, minimum wages and overtime have not been paid. Furthermore, the producers did nothing to prevent sexual harassment at the location. Furthermore, the show had created an environment that had led to emotional suffering for the participants.

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The indictment linked above states that the participants were XXIwere allegedly denied medical care, food, sleep and basic personal hygiene

MrBeast and Amazon have not yet commented on the allegations and the indictment at the time of this writing.