For a long time, there have been allegations against the YouTube star. Now a formal complaint has been filed in court.
The situation around JimmyMrBeast
Donaldson, 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.
XXVVariety as follows: While the participants knew when they signed the contract at the beginning of production that they had to expect a potentially long and difficult competition, they claim that they had to endure much more than they had expected.
More More participants had to be hospitalized, while others reported suffering physical and psychological complications while facing chronic mistreatment, humiliation and, for the female participants, hostile working conditions.
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.
