Lizzo Documentary Scandal: Award Nominee Sophia Nahli Allison Breaks Silence on Alleged Mistreatment!
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In response to Lizzo’s lawsuit, Academy Award nominee documentarian and photographer Sophia Nahli Allison opened up about her personal relationship with her on Tuesday, August 1. From Los Angeles, California, Sophia Nahli Allison, 36, is an experimental documentary filmmaker and photographer. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2020 United States Artists Fellow works from both her hometown and Durham, North Carolina. According to reports, Lizzo has been accused of sexual harassment and establishing a hostile work environment in a new case. Sources say that the About Damn Time singer, 35, has been identified in legal documents after three former dancers spoke out against her.
Sharing this because validating other Black women's experiences is deeply important to me. pic.twitter.com/gd2xEK6szq
— Sophia Nahli Allison (@SophiaNAllison) August 1, 2023
They claimed in the papers, obtained by numerous US sites, that she encouraged one of them to touch a naked performer at an Amsterdam club and ‘drew attention’ to a per formance’s weight gain. The action also cited her production firm, Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc., and her dancing captain, Shirlene Quigley, as defendants, albeit not all claims were related to all three. According to NBC News, Arianna Davis and Crystal Williams were both sacked by the Grammy-winner, real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson, after participating in her reality show, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, in 2021.
Filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison says she dropped out as director of Lizzo’s documentary in 2019 after facing mistreatment from her:
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 2, 2023
“I was treated with such disrespect by her. I witnessed how arrogant, self-centered, and unkind she is.” pic.twitter.com/jl1sA4EZ1Q
Sophia Nahli Allison: Who Is She? After A Bombshell Lawsuit, ‘About Damn Time’ Singer Lizzo Faces New Allegations From An Academy Award Nominee
On Tuesday, August 1, Academy Award nominee Sophia Nahli Allison spoke out about her experiences with Lizzo after she was sued. Lizzo is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who has been accused of sexual harassment and for creating a hostile work environment by her backup dancers. The lawsuit also claims that Lizzo compelled one of them to kiss a n*ked performer in an Amsterdam bar and subjected three of them to “excruciating” auditions after hearing false rumors about the group drinking on the job. As soon as the news of the shocking lawsuit hit the internet, Sophia Nahli Allison made her own charges against Lizzo. She resorted to social media forums such as Reddit and Twitter to express her displeasure with the Big Grrrl Small World singer. She stated that she normally avoids anything “pop culture-related,” but after reading about the lawsuit, she couldn’t help but speak out. As she wrote in the caption of her tweet, “I’m sharing this because validating the experiences of Black women is of great importance to me.”
A marvelous and inspiring event. So grateful to be among such brilliant Black women. Thank you @Essence for recognizing me among this years #BlackWomenInHollywood – to share this moment with @lejit313 and @stacyamma
was a dream ✨✨✨ pic.twitter.com/gbix2MQkxZ— Sophia Nahli Allison (@SophiaNAllison) March 25, 2022Advertisement
She also tweeted a photograph with long words describing how she quit after working with Lizzo for two weeks in 2019 because she was “treated with such disrespect” by her. Sophia Nahli Allison further accused Lizzo of being “arrogant, self-centered, and unkind,” and stated that she “felt gaslighted” and “deeply hurt” in her presence. She concluded by expressing her “love and support” for the plaintiffs and stating that such “abuse of power” was rather prevalent. Sophia Nahli Allison, 36, is a photographer and experimental documentary filmmaker from Los Angeles, California. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s 2020 United States Artists Fellow works from both her hometown and Durham, North Carolina. According to United States Artists, her expertise is conjuring up ancestral recollections while spanning the gap between fiction and non-fiction narrative. In addition to being a 3Arts Fellow at France’s The Camargo Foundation, Sophia Nahli Allison was a resident and fellow at The Macdowell Colony in 2019. She has also participated in The Centre for Photography’s and POV Spark’s African Interactive Art Residency in New York.
