{"id":641072,"date":"2024-10-09T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/megan-thee-stallion-roc-nation-still-on-hook-in-harassment-suit\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:00:35","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-roc-nation-still-on-hook-in-harassment-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/megan-thee-stallion-roc-nation-still-on-hook-in-harassment-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Megan Thee Stallion: Roc Nation Still On Hook In Harassment Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Megan Thee Stallion has had her request to move her harassment lawsuit from California to New York app<\/a>roved, but Roc Nation wasn\u2019t as lucky in its efforts to dismiss the company as a defendant.<\/p>\n

Megan and Roc Nation are being sued by the Houston Hottie\u2019s former photographer Emilio Garcia for creating a hostile work environment, workplace harassment and employment misclassification, among other claims.<\/p>\n

In a legal filing last week, U.S. District Hern\u00e1n D. Vera granted the rapper\u2019s request to transfer the case to the Southern District of New York but refused to dismiss Roc Nation as a defendant at this stage.<\/p>\n

Garcia originally filed his lawsuit in Los Angeles as independent contractors in the state are only allowed to work a certain amount of hours before they automatically become classified as employees.<\/p>\n

The court ruled that is reasonable to infer that Roc Nation could be classified as a joint employer as they had the power to determine the photographer\u2019s employability.<\/p>\n

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A judge in LA has granted Megan Thee Stallion’s request to transfer to NYC the hostile work environment lawsuit filed by a photographer who says he was wrongly classified as a contractor.<\/p>\n

He declined to dismiss Roc Nation as a defendant at this stage. https:\/\/t.co\/RpscqxRoyt<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/03LKYas0kr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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U.S. District Judge Hernan Vera’s ruling says the “forum selection clause” of Emilio Garcia’s employment contract as Megan Thee Stallion’s photographer is enforceable. https:\/\/t.co\/RpscqxQQIV<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/AYdsLbRWWm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“The Court can draw the reasonable inference that Roc Nation, who had the ability to fire Plaintiff and control how Plaintiff was paid, may be considered a joint employer.”
The “viewing the complaint in a light most favorable to plaintiff” standard.https:\/\/t.co\/RpscqxRoyt<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/98DURnhUAn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In his lawsuit, filed in April, Garcia claimed that he once witnessed Megan Thee Stallion having sex with another woman in a moving car while they were travel<\/a>ing in Ibiza, leaving him \u201cembarrassed, mortified and offended.\u201d<\/p>\n

He claimed Megan then told him, \u201cDon\u2019t ever discuss what you saw\u201d before proceeding to \u201cberate\u201d him with fat-shaming comments such as, \u201cFat bitch,\u201d \u201cSpit your food out\u201d and, \u201cYou don\u2019t need to be eating.\u201d<\/p>\n

The photographer also accused the \u201cWAP\u201d rapper of underpaying him for his work. After raising his complaints with her and reaching an \u201cunderstanding,\u201d he claimed he was unexpectedly informed by Roc Nation that his services were no longer needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch harassment was so severe or pervasive that it altered the terms and conditions of Plaintiff\u2019s employment, creating a hostile, abusive work environment and making his working conditions intolerable,\u201d reads the suit. \u201cSaid harassment was sufficiently extreme to amount to a change in the terms and conditions of Plaintiff\u2019s employment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia is suing for punitive damages, attorney\u2019s costs, unpaid wages plus interest on the unpaid wages, unpaid overtime wages and other employee benefits at the legal rate.<\/p>\n

Megan, through her attorney, has vehemently denied the claims put forward by Garcia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an employment claim for money \u2014 with no sexual harassment claim filed and with salacious accusations to attempt to embarrass her,\u201d Meg\u2019s lawyer said. \u201cWe will deal with this in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n