MrBeast, whose actual identify is Jimmy Donaldson, and Amazon are going through a serious lawsuit.

The 26-year-old YouTube star and the conglomerate are named as defendants in a brand new class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of a number of contestants who took half in his upcoming Prime Video competitors collection Beast Games, which was introduced earlier this 12 months.

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Filed on Monday (September 16) in Los Angeles Superior Court, the 5 unnamed plaintiffs are suing, alleging “multiple causes of action related to the chronic mistreatment of and neglect suffered by participants in Beast Games,” together with failure to stop sexual harassment, failure to pay minimal wages and additional time, not offering meal breaks or relaxation breaks, created situations the subjected contestants to infliction of emotional misery, and uncovered them to “dangerous circumstances and conditions a condition of their employment.”

The lawsuit is demanding Amazon and MrBeast‘s firm pay the alleged unpaid wages and bills, in addition to unspecified punitive financial damages.

“While participants knew upon signing the contract at the production’s inception that they were facing a potentially long and challenging competition, they allege getting a lot more than they bargained for,” the attorneys for the contestants shared in an announcement. “Several contestants ending up hospitalized, while others reported suffering physical and mental complications while being subjected to chronic mistreatment, degradation and, for the female contestants, hostile working conditions.”

In the swimsuit, it’s additionally mentioned they had been “deprived of medical care, food, sleep and the necessities of basic hygiene. Portions of the lawsuit are redacted, including some of the details involving the sexual harassment allegations.”

It states, “The Plaintiffs have filed this action using pseudonyms and applying conservative redactions that limit public viewing in a good faith effort to comply with Defendants’ overbroad confidentiality provisions (which Plaintiffs allege are unenforceable), as well as to preserve the confidentiality and privacy interests of the Plaintiffs who wish to avoid opprobrium.”

One feminine contestant mentioned, “I wanted to join because I was a fan of MrBeast and his videos made me smile during the COVID-19 pandemic. I expected to be challenged, but I didn’t think I would be treated like nothing — less than nothing. And as one of the women, I can say it absolutely felt like a hostile environment for us. We honestly could not have been respected less — as people, much less employees — if they tried.”

You can learn the complete, redacted lawsuit HERE.

“As extreme as the allegations against defendants are here, the law could not be more clear,” lead counsel for the plaintiffs Robert Pafundi of Pafundi Law Firm mentioned. “Participants entered into contracts and they were promised compensation for their services. Their expectation of compensation, along with them being consistently under the control and supervision of the production staff, makes them employees under California law. As such, they were entitled to, and denied, certain protections. And when you add to that the extreme neglect, degradation, harassment and inhumane conditions — it’s quite simply a massive dereliction of duty, for which the defendants must and will now be held accountable.”

Beast Games, which doesn’t but have a launch date, was introduced again in March, with the prize cash being the biggest ever in competitors TV historical past – $5 million!

Late final 12 months, fellow YouTuber Rosanna Pansino known as out MrBeast for mendacity and enhancing her placement in a contest she took half in. She later issued an apology and eliminated her preliminary posts.

Since then, Rosanna has taken to social media and her YouTube channel, sharing a number of movies, talking out in regards to the mistreatment the Beast Games contestants have allegedly confronted.