Megan Thee Stallion is facing a lawsuit from her former cameraman, Emilio Garcia, who accused her of harassment and creating a hostile work environment in Los Angeles County.
Garcia claimed that Megan made him watch her engage in sexual activity with another woman while he was working for her.
The incident reportedly took place during a trip to Ibiza in June 2022, when Garcia was in a car with Megan and witnessed the alleged encounter. Garcia began working as the rapper’s cameraman in 2018 and transitioned to a full-time role in 2019.
His lawsuit noted 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.”
“I felt uncomfortable,” Garcia told NBC. “I was kind of frozen, and I was shocked. At kind of just be the overall audacity to do this right, right beside me.”
Megan allegedly told Garcia, “Don’t ever discuss what you saw,” per his lawsuit. The cameraman also accused her of fat-shaming him. Garcia’s attorney said he suffered from “mounting anxiety, depression and physical distress stemming from the toxic work environment.”
Garcia remained employed by Megan until June 2023. He expressed that he experienced a shift in treatment after the Ibiza trip, resulting in a decrease in the number of bookings he received due to a modification in his compensation method.
In his legal action, he claimed that he was wrongly classified as an independent contractor, citing various violations.
“Megan just needs to pay our client what he’s due, own up to her behavior and quit this sort of sexual harassment and fat-shaming conduct,” Garcia’s lawyer Ron Zambrano said.
“Emilio should never have been put in a position of having to be in the vehicle with her while she had sex with another woman. ‘Inappropriate’ is putting it lightly. Exposing this behavior to employees is illegal.”
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