Lizzo’s former wardrobe assistant has opened up about the singer’s alleged ‘sexualized, racially charged, and illegal work environment’ – claiming that she was ‘physically assaulted,’ ‘threatened,’ and told she wasn’t allowed to eat by her manager.
Fashion designer Asha Daniels filed a lawsuit against the star, 35, last week, in which she alleged that she was physically and verbally abused by her manager, Amanda Nomura, while working for Lizzo – one month after three backup dancers for the hitmaker made a series of shocking allegations against her.
Now, Asha has spoken out about some of the horrible things that she says she endured during her time as one of Lizzo’s employees during an interview with ABC News for an upcoming episode of the show Impact x Nightline.
‘I’m coming into work with someone who has physically assaulted me, someone who has threatened me, someone who is not allowing me to go eat when I need to eat,’ she alleged in a sneak peak of the sit-down, obtained by The Wrap, seemingly referring to Amanda.
Lizzo’s former wardrobe assistant has opened up about the singer’s alleged ‘sexualized, racially charged, and illegal work environment’
![Asha Daniels filed a lawsuit against the star, 35, last week, in which she alleged that she was physically and verbally abused by her manager, Amanda Nomura, while working for Lizzo](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937359-12571119-Asha_Daniels_filed_a_lawsuit_against_the_star_35_last_week_in_wh-m-9_1695910776469.jpg)
Asha Daniels filed a lawsuit against the star, 35, last week, in which she alleged that she was physically and verbally abused by her manager, Amanda Nomura, while working for Lizzo
![Now, Asha has spoken out about some of the horrible things she allegednly endured during her time as one of Lizzo's employees during an interview with ABC News](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/74652549-12571119-Now_Asha_has_spoken_out_about_some_of_the_horrible_things_she_en-m-15_1695910910745.jpg)
Now, Asha has spoken out about some of the horrible things she allegednly endured during her time as one of Lizzo’s employees during an interview with ABC News
She alleged that Amanda not only said horrible things about her, but about the Good as Hell songstress as well.
‘Amanda would regularly mock both Lizzo and the big girls. She would refer to them as “fat,” just a bevy of really inappropriate things like, “Useless, lazy,” she continued.
‘She would do like a stereotypical black impersonation of them. I even told her, “This is actually really offensive,” and she just laughed it off.’
Asha said she was hired to design outfits for Lizzo and her dancers on her The Special Tour earlier this year, but claimed she was ‘wrongfully terminated’ just two weeks in.
Lizzo’s spokesperson has denied Asha’s claims, pointing out that she ‘never actually met or even spoke to’ the star.
However, as a ‘business owner’ herself, Asha told ABC News host Janai Norman that she thinks Lizzo is in-part ‘responsible’ for what she endured.
‘I’m a business owner myself, I was so shocked that Lizzo’s workplace wasn’t in line with who we know as the star Lizzo,’ she concluded.
‘I can say in my own life, I’m responsible for the people who work for me and work on my projects, and I think that everybody else is too.’
In her lawsuit, Asha claimed that she was forced to work very long hours – from 6am to 2am – with no break.
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She claimed she was ‘physically assaulted,’ ‘threatened,’ and told she wasn’t allowed to eat when she wanted to
![She alleged that Amanda 'would regularly mock both Lizzo and the big girls,' would refer to them as 'fat, useless, and lazy,' and do 'stereotypical black impersonation of them'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937351-12571119-She_alleged_that_Amanda_would_regularly_mock_both_Lizzo_and_the_-m-22_1695911055547.jpg)
![She alleged that Amanda 'would regularly mock both Lizzo and the big girls,' would refer to them as 'fat, useless, and lazy,' and do 'stereotypical black impersonation of them'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937353-12571119-She_alleged_that_Amanda_would_regularly_mock_both_Lizzo_and_the_-m-24_1695911078614.jpg)
She alleged that Amanda ‘would regularly mock both Lizzo and the big girls,’ would refer to them as ‘fat, useless, and lazy,’ and do ‘stereotypical black impersonation of them’
![Lizzo's spokesperson has denied Asha's claims, pointing out that she 'never actually met or even spoke to' the star. She's pictured last year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/74603389-12571119-Lizzo_s_spokesperson_has_denied_Asha_s_claims_pointing_out_that_-m-29_1695911161183.jpg)
Lizzo’s spokesperson has denied Asha’s claims, pointing out that she ‘never actually met or even spoke to’ the star. She’s pictured last year
She also alleged that Amanda routinely made racist and fatphobic comments and once injured her by rolling a clothing rack over her foot.
She said Amanda told her and other staffers that she was going to ‘stab’ and ‘kill’ them if they didn’t bring her medicine, and claimed to have witnessed her ‘shoving a crew member’ when they threatened to quit and ‘snatching food’ out of someone’s hands.
![However, as a 'business owner' herself, Asha told ABC News host Janai Norman that she thinks Lizzo is in-part 'responsible' for what she endured](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937361-12571119-image-a-28_1695911153790.jpg)
However, as a ‘business owner’ herself, Asha told ABC News host Janai Norman that she thinks Lizzo is in-part ‘responsible’ for what she endured
In her suit, Asha claimed that she alerted Lizzo’s management team about Amanda’s alleged behavior but said that the singer’s tour manager, Carlina Gugliotta, advised her to privately film Amanda’s conduct.
She said she didn’t follow her suggestion because she found it ‘both unethical and possibly unlawful,’ and was fired soon after.
She is now suing for sexual and racial harassment, in addition to disability discrimination. She is asking for damages which include unpaid wages, loss of earnings, and others.
In separate interview with ABC, Asha said that working there ‘started to break down who she was as a person.’
‘Because Lizzo is such a positive figure and because she breathes life into women, I expected to be working with amazing women, a diverse group of people, people who were respectful because they knew that would be demanded on the tour,’ she added.
Daniels is being represented by Neama Rahmani, who is the same lawyer working on behalf of the three backup dancers who sued Lizzo last month for sexual and racial harassment.
![In separate interview with ABC , Asha said that working there 'started to break down who she was as a person](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937799-12571119-In_separate_interview_with_ABC_Asha_said_that_working_there_star-m-37_1695911375633.jpg)
In separate interview with ABC , Asha said that working there ‘started to break down who she was as a person
!['Because Lizzo is such a positive figure and because she breathes life into women, I expected to be working with amazing women, people who were respectful,' she added](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937795-12571119-_Because_Lizzo_is_such_a_positive_figure_and_because_she_breathe-m-41_1695911415114.jpg)
!['Because Lizzo is such a positive figure and because she breathes life into women, I expected to be working with amazing women, people who were respectful,' she added](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75937791-12571119-_Because_Lizzo_is_such_a_positive_figure_and_because_she_breathe-m-43_1695911442117.jpg)
‘Because Lizzo is such a positive figure and because she breathes life into women, I expected to be working with amazing women, people who were respectful,’ she added
![Lizzo's former backup dancers Crystal Williams, 24, Noelle Rodriguez, 25 and Arianna Davis, 26, sued the singer last month for sexual and racial harassment](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/74056269-12571119-Accusers_Arianna_Davis_26_Crystal_Williams_24_Noelle_Rodriguez_2-a-44_1695911461970.jpg)
Lizzo’s former backup dancers Crystal Williams, 24, Noelle Rodriguez, 25 and Arianna Davis, 26, sued the singer last month for sexual and racial harassment
![They claimed they were forced to attend degrading sex shows where Lizzo pressured them to touch nude performers, eat bananas, and catch dildos from dancers' vaginas](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/75939015-12571119-image-a-45_1695911491649.jpg)
They claimed they were forced to attend degrading sex shows where Lizzo pressured them to touch nude performers, eat bananas, and catch dildos from dancers’ vaginas
![DailyMail.com obtained new photos that seemingly showed the three women happily posing with topless performers backstage at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris weeks after](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/09/28/15/74652545-12571119-Crystal_Noelle_and_Arianna_are_pictured_posing_with_topless_danc-a-46_1695911515297.jpg)
DailyMail.com obtained new photos that seemingly showed the three women happily posing with topless performers backstage at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris weeks after
Crystal Williams, 24, Noelle Rodriguez, 25 and Arianna Davis, 26, claimed they were forced to attend degrading sex shows and were subjected to other uncomfortable situations while working for the star.
‘As Lizzo receives a Humanitarian Award tonight from the Black Music Action Coalition for the incredible charitable work she has done to lift up all people, an ambulance-chasing lawyer tries to sully this honor by recruiting someone to file a bogus, absurd publicity-stunt lawsuit who, wait for it, never actually met or even spoke with Lizzo,’ her rep responded to the latest filing in a statement last week. ‘We will pay this as much attention as it deserves. None.’
Lizzo’s attorney, Martin Singer, also told DailyMail.com that she is planning to counter-sue the three women.
DailyMail.com also obtained new photos that seemingly showed the three women happily posing with topless performers backstage at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris on March 5, 2023 – weeks after they claimed Lizzo pressured them to touch nude performers, eat bananas, and catch dildos from dancers’ vaginas during a February night out in Amsterdam’s infamous red-light district.
‘As the old saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words,’ Martin said of the images. ‘The photos and videos of plaintiffs Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez happily carousing backstage with the performers after the topless cabaret show at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris speak volumes.
‘These images showing the three plaintiffs gleefully reveling backstage after the topless show were taken after their February 2023 visit to Bananenbar in Amsterdam that they complain about in their lawsuit.
‘A few weeks after the visit to Crazy Horse seen in the images, all three plaintiffs had a break and chose to re-up and return for the third leg of Lizzo’s tour.
‘These irrefutable photos, along with additional substantial evidence, prove the glaring contradictions between what the plaintiffs claim in their bogus lawsuit and what is actually proven by the facts.
‘The lawsuit is a sham. Lizzo intends to sue for malicious prosecution after she prevails and these specious claims are dismissed.’
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