Lizzo is speaking out loud and clear about the lawsuits and allegations she has faced. She says these high-profile cases are more than drama. They are keeping real victims silent and scared to speak their truth.
On December 20, she took to Substack to break it all down.
“Who’s gonna write the op-ed on the harm false allegations cause?” she wrote. “I’m not talking about the harm caused to the person falsely accused. I’m talking about the harm caused to the people watching it play out publicly who have experienced true traumatic crimes.”
She pointed out that survivors without fame or money are often stuck watching the world laugh off or ignore their trauma.
“Or the people who have been harmed by someone who isn’t rich or famous, so pro-bono lawyers incentivized by large settlements won’t take their case? They have to keep living their lives while they watch the world make light of the exact kind of trauma they’ve endured. I think about these people often,” Lizzo said.
The singer also slammed the toxic online commentary surrounding lawsuits. She called comment sections “battlegrounds saturated with hearsay” and warned that public judgment can hurt as much as any courtroom verdict.
“Yes, courtroom victories can be significant, but the courtroom that truly matters is the court of public opinion. It’s the sentence that stains you, no matter what happens. The jury that shames both victims and the accused. How many voices of real victims have been silenced out of fear of backlash from the court of public opinion?”
She didn’t hold back on the “believe all women” movement either, pointing out how it can be twisted in cases like this.
“Who’s going to talk about the nuance behind the ‘believe all women movement’? And how it’s been weaponized? Who’s going to talk about how gender, race, and sexuality play a role in how we see real victims?”
This comes after the lawsuit filed in August 2023 by three of her former dancers, Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez.
They accused Lizzo and her team of sexual, racial, and religious harassment, disability discrimination, assault, and false imprisonment. Fat-shaming claims were dropped.
The real damage from these legal battles often falls on people who’ve actually suffered.
She added, “The falsely accused face great consequences, sometimes more consequences than false accusers face. But no one suffers more from the normalization of false allegations than real victims. When will we clear a path for real victims to be empowered? It’s time to talk about it.”
