Megan Thee Stallion's Former Cameraman Accuses Her Of Harassment In New Lawsuit
A former cameraman for Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion is accusing her of harassment, creating a hostile work environment and violating labor codes, according to a new lawsuit first reported by NBC News on Tuesday.
In a 42-page complaint filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the cameraman, Emilio Garcia, claimed that Megan had sex with a woman in front of him and two other women in a moving vehicle while on tour in Ibiza, Spain, in June 2022. HuffPost has obtained and viewed the lawsuit.
“Plaintiff could not get out of the car as it was both moving and he was in the middle of nowhere in a foreign country. Plaintiff was embarrassed, mortified and offended throughout the whole ordeal,” according to the suit.
The following day, Megan demeaned Garcia and told him, “Don’t ever discuss what you saw.”
“Stallion berated and directed her fat-shaming comments towards plaintiff such as ‘Fat Bitch,’ ‘Spit your food out,’ and ‘You don’t need to be eating,’” the lawsuit says.
Garcia began working for Roc Nation, which manages Megan, as the rapper’s personal cameraman in 2018. In 2019, he quit his other job and switched to full-time employment, working for Megan for more than 50 hours a week. He was classified as an independent contractor, which the lawsuit claims excluded him from the protections detailed in California law and prevented him from receiving overtime pay and health care.
Garcia, who said he was also prohibited from seeking outside work, claimed that he was not given meals or rest periods while working as Megan’s cameraman, according to the suit.
Initially, his pay was a flat monthly rate of $4,000. However, in August 2022, a couple of months after the incident in Ibiza, Roc Nation revised Garcia’s pay