00:00Amazon and Mr. Beast are facing a major class-action lawsuit after claims of
00:05sexual harassment and mistreatment surfaced from contestants on Beast Games.
00:09Beast Games is a multi-million dollar reality TV show Amazon's Prime Video
00:14ordered from Mr. Beast. Production on the competition show started back in mid
00:19July. In this new class-action lawsuit, there are a number of claims made by
00:24contestants which read, during the Beast Games engagement, the on-set production
00:28staff maintained the strictest control over the contestants, denying them all
00:32privacy and access to the outside world. The contestants were fed sporadically
00:36and sparsely. They were not given adequate access to hygienic products or
00:41medical care. The lawsuit goes on to specifically call out the treatment of
00:45female contestants, claiming, quote, the Beast Games work environment
00:48systematically fostered a culture of misogyny and sexism where production
00:53staff did nothing. One female employee alleges in the lawsuit, I wanted to join
00:58because I was a fan of Mr. Beast and his videos made me smile during the
01:01COVID-19 pandemic. I expected to be challenged, but I didn't think I would
01:06be treated like nothing, less than nothing. And as one of the women, I can
01:10say it absolutely felt like a hostile environment for us. We honestly could not
01:15have been respected less as people, much less employees, if they tried.
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