Megan Thee Stallion is currently being sued for harassment and other egregious occupational conditions by her former photographer, Emilio Garcia.
According to NBC News, Garcia filed the lawsuit against Megan on Tuesday, April 23, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The photographer is said to be alleging that the âharassmentâ he’s underwent while working for Meg âwas so severe or pervasiveâ that he experienced working in a âhostile, abusive work environment.â
Also, Garcia allegedly, according to reports, described the working conditions as âintolerable.â
The photographer reportedly initiated working with Megan on a full-time basis in 2019. Garcia reported that he was employed by the rapper until June 2023.
According to NBC News, the lawsuit proclaims that he and Megan toured to Ibiza, Spain, in June 2022. One night, they were allegedly in an SUV with three additional females when Megan and one woman âbegan to have sex next to him in the moving car.â
âI felt uncomfortable. I was kind of frozen, and I was shocked,â Garcia told the outlet. âAt kind of just⊠overall audacity to do this right, right beside me.â
Garcia claimed that the next day, Megan questioned if he was in the car the evening before. When he confirmed, he stated that Megan told him:
âDonât ever discuss what you saw.â
According to the forum, Garcia alleges that Megan scolded him with various insults during the same trip. The rapper is accused of calling Garcia a âfat b***h.â
Additionally, the rapper had allegedly told him things like âspit your food outâ and âyou donât need to be eating.â
âTo hear someone who advocates about loving your body tell me these things, I felt degraded,â Garcia expressed to the outlet.
According to NBC News, post trip, the rapperâs wage for Garcia âchanged from a monthly flat-rate.â Garciaâs pay was reportedly changed to a âpay-per-task system.â Additionally, the new structure reportedly instructed him to submit invoices for âeachâ of his tasks.
Similarly, Garcia alleges that he was âexpected to provide the same servicesâ for Megan regardless of his altered pay structure. Yet, he allegedly was âtreated differentlyâ and noticed a âdecreaseâ in the assignments the rapper employed him to do.
Then, one evening roughly close to June 2023, Garcia was allegedly notified by Roc Nation that âhis services would no longer be requiredâ for Meg.
According to the forum, Garcia is now urging all people who work in the entertainment industry to âadvocate for themselvesâ because thereâs âno HR department in the entertainment business.â
The outlet states that he experienced âprofound emotional distressâ while working with Megan. Additionally, the suit declares that Garcia now âgrapples with mounting anxiety, depression, and physical distress stemming from the toxic work environment.â
Garcia is reported to be pursuing owed earnings, interest on overdue earnings, owed overtime earnings, other employee benefits, and punishing damages from Megan. Additionally, he would reportedly like the rapper to cover his attorneysâ fees.
The all-out payment that Garcia is aiming from Meg reportedly exceeds six figures.