Lizzo’s Grammys Invite Slammed, Accusers’ Attorney Claims Double Standard

Lizzo presenting on the Grammys raised many eyebrows — together with these of the lawyer repping the backup dancers suing her, and he is claiming feminine privilege is the one motive she was there.

Neama Rahmani, who represents a number of Lizzo accusers, tells TMZ … he is disenchanted the singer was tapped to current the Greatest R&B Music award, and brazenly wonders why the Recording Academy would decide to provide a platform to somebody who allegedly sexually harassed her backup dancers.

Neama tells us he smells a double normal at play right here — noting that if a white man confronted the identical form of sexual harassment, racism, and fats shaming allegations … he does not assume there’s any approach they’d be afforded the identical alternative Lizzo acquired.

Merely put … Neama thinks the Grammys turning a blind eye to Lizzo’s controversy is as a result of she’s a girl, and he is bummed they invited her amid the claims in opposition to her.

Nevertheless, he stays assured the reality will come out when his purchasers prevail within the lawsuit — a end result he hopes will immediate the Recording Academy to begin believing people who find themselves courageous sufficient to come back ahead in opposition to highly effective celebrities.

FWIW … Lizzo has outright denied these ex-backup dancers’ allegations.

Nonetheless, many viewers at dwelling shared Neama’s shock at seeing Lizzo on stage — with the sentiment being she’s suffered zero penalties after the lawsuits … which haven’t settled or gone to trial but.

As we reported,. 3 of Lizzo’s former dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez — sued the singer in August 2023 for allegedly making a hostile work surroundings.

Two months later, she was hit with an analogous swimsuit from a separate dancer.

Value noting … TMZ obtained authorized docs in October, the place 18 members of Lizzo’s touring firm wrote declarations standing with Lizzo, and disputing the claims made in opposition to her.