Lizzo has expressed her solidarity with protesters in Sudan, Palestine, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and college students in the US in a video she shared on Instagram. The artist commended activists who have offered their support and provided their time to help those are suffering around the world. Lizzo acknowledged that the psychological and physical toll it takes on activists is enormous and offered her personal gratitude for their work, which has helped save lives and spurred her into action. The singer has also been inspired by the activism she has observed worldwide over the past year, which provided her with the impetus to confront the deep depression she was experiencing.
In May of this year, Lizzo made a video statement in which she also mentioned Operation Olive Branch and college protesters who help people in Palestine struggling to make ends meet. She also said she has been reaching out to activists to see how she could help them and noted that ongoing genocide around the world must come to an end, and all individuals attain their freedom if humanity as a whole aspires to be free.
The message comes on the heels of another lawsuit in which Lizzo is facing allegations related to sexual harassment and creating an uncomfortable work environment when she was working in a strip club in Amsterdam. Lawyers have reviewed further complaints from other backup dancers since the first lawsuit, and Lizzo has also been named in a new lawsuit from a former hairstylist in September, which she has further moved to dismiss. However, the earlier lawsuit has now been ruled to go ahead in its entirety towards a trial, despite Lizzo’s lawyers initially filing to dismiss the lawsuit “in its entirety” in September 2020 under California’s anti-SLAPP statute (“strategic lawsuits against public participation”), an LA judge ruled that the lawsuit did not fit into anti-SLAPP legislation.
Despite the accusations, Lizzo has expressed her support for women and people who are victimised all around the world and stood in solidarity with underprivileged individuals to make certain real improvements in society
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