MrBeast doubles down on denial of claims in harassment lawsuit

Mr Beast We’re wasting no time officially refuting the salacious claims of sexual harassment, retaliation, and more made by a former member of Beast Industries’ social media team.

already rejected Claims by Lorrayne Mavromatis She filed a lawsuit against the company this week in federal court in North Carolina.Beast Industries went to court on Friday to throw everything out.

The “defendant’s response and positive defense of the complaint,” which mocks Mavromatis’ desire to “restore” her at Beast HQ despite her version of how things went down at Beast HQ, sets the tone right away by referring to her as a media manipulator and “a social media influencer who leveraged one of the world’s most recognized YouTube creators to bring this lawsuit for publicity.”

“In conclusion, Plaintiff’s termination was a legal business decision unrelated to her gender, parental leave, or raising personnel issues,” the filing from Charlotte-based law firms Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP states. “It was simply a result of difficult choices the company had to make to restructure certain underperforming businesses.”

“Plaintiffs’ claims do not change these facts. They ignore them,” the 21-page document states.

“What remains of Plaintiff’s complaint is an allegation of a hostile work environment, allegations she has foreseen but has not yet brought forward,” Mavromatis and her attorneys added, citing a portion of the lawsuit that refers to comments made by the former Beast Industries CEO (and MrBeast’s purported cousin). jimmy donaldson) James Warren. “The unclaimed claims appear to focus on the conduct of former employees who left the company several years ago following the well-publicized 2024 culture review ordered by the company’s current management to help the fast-growing company evolve into what it is today. However, any claims the plaintiffs seek to assert against the company’s former managers are time-barred.”

Earlier this week, Beast Industries, which Donaldson founded, said much the same, but more starkly, in a statement to Deadline after the lawsuit was filed. “There is extensive evidence that clearly refutes her claims, including Slack and WhatsApp messages, company documents, and witness testimony,” the spokesperson claimed, offering signed employee handbooks and additional 2022-2025 correspondence from Mavromatis as evidence. “We will not submit to opportunistic lawyers who want to take a paycheck from us.”

Much of the same so-called evidence, as well as photos of Mavromatis in his hometown of Brazil on a Beast trip with soccer star Neymar, is included in today’s filing.

At the same time, MrBeast is still facing Class action lawsuit filed against Beast Industries and Amazon in September 2024 Season 1 of the competition series beast games “The participants were subjected to unreasonable, unsafe and unlawful employment conditions.” Season 2 begins as the fight over allegations surrounding the $5 million prize show continues. beast games It’s come and gone, and a third season is probably in the works.