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Megan Thee Stallion asserts the former employee who sued her for harassment made “false and fabricated” allegations against her.
According to a report Billboard published on Thursday, May 30, the "BOA" rapper's attorney Alex Spiro issued a formal response to the lawsuit in which he referred to the plaintiff Emilio Garcia as "a con artist." Garcia accused Megan, born Megan Pete, of forcing him to watch while she allegedly had sex with a woman while in a moving vehicle during their trip to Spain in June 2022. Spiro said Garcia's claims are full of "falsehoods, misrepresentations of fact, and outlandish claims."
“Plaintiff is a con artist who is manipulating the judicial system to act as his publicist and bullhorn in a desperate attempt to boost his failed singing career while trying to tear down the successful career of Megan Thee Stallion,” Spiro wrote.
“Angry at the loss of this high-profile gig and his exile from the inner circles of stardom, plaintiff filed a factually and legally frivolous Complaint," he continued. "Plaintiff took a run of the mill wage and labor dispute and trumped up his frivolous claims with sensationalist false allegations of sex, debauchery, and workplace harassment for the sole purpose of creating a media firestorm to tarnish the career and reputation of Ms. Pete.”
Garcia worked as Meg's photographer and videographer since 2018. In his lawsuit, Garcia claimed Meg "berated, fat-shamed and treated differently" which created a “hostile, abusive work environment" following the incident. He also accused the Houston native of reducing his bookings until her label Roc Nation let him go last June. Not only did Spiro deny those allegations, but he also alleged Garcia was fired because he “falsified his invoices and overcharged Ms. Pete for services he never completed."
Garcia sued Megan for an undisclosed amount valued at over six figures. The amount includes unpaid wages, unpaid overtime wages and other employee benefits. Garcia filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles, which Spiro argues was the wrong move. He motioned to move the case to federal court since Garcia is based in Texas and Megan is in Florida.
“Plaintiff was more concerned with staging his lawsuit in an improper forum than accurately pleading the facts underlying his claims,” Spiro wrote.