Megan Thee Stallion acussed of workplace harassment by former cameraman

Megan Thee Stallion has landed herself in legal trouble as a former cameraman has accused her of harassment. The hip-hop star has been accused of creating a ‘hostile, abusive work environment.”

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, names Megan Pete (the rapper’s real name)and Megan Thee Stallion Entertainment, Inc., Hot Girl Touring, LLC, and Roc Nation as defendants.

The lawsuit claims the star and the company have violated several labour codes and alleges that the cameraman was not properly compensated for his work.

According to the complaint, cameraman Emilio Garcia, was hired in July 2018 and misclassified as an independent contractor. This misclassification denied him protections under California law, including health care and overtime pay.

In August 2022, Roc Nation changed its compensation structure to a pay-per-task system, but Garcia alleges that time expectations and demands remained the same even though the pay decreased significantly. He also claims that Megan prohibited him from working with other clients.

One particularly disturbing incident mentioned in the complaint occurred during a night out in Ibiza, Spain, in June 2022.

Garcia alleges that while riding in an SUV with three other women, Megan and one of the women were “having sex right beside” him.

The ex-cameraman claims that he “could not get out of the car as it was both moving and he was in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country” and felt “embarrassed, mortified, and offended throughout the whole ordeal.”

“I felt uncomfortable. I was kind of frozen, and I was shocked. At kind of just be the overall audacity to do this right, right beside me,” Garcia told NBC News.

Garcia also accuses Megan of fat-shaming him. He claims that she called him a “fat bitch” and told him to “spit (his) food out” because “you don’t need to be eating ”.

He expressed, “To hear someone who advocates about loving your body tell me this thing. I felt degraded.”

Garcia’s employment with Roc Nation was terminated in June 2023, which he believes was retaliation for voicing complaints about labour and wage violations.