Two girls have filed a lawsuit towards TDE alleging sexual misconduct, harassment, and contract breaches throughout the label’s office tradition.
TDE is dealing with allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment following a lawsuit filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court docket by two nameless girls.
The lawsuit accuses executives and workers throughout the distinguished Hip-Hop label, previously dwelling to Kendrick Lamar, of making an alleged atmosphere rife with harassment, assault, and contract violations.
Within the go well with, the Jane Does allege that High Dawg Leisure fostered a “pervasive tradition of sexual harassment,” implicating a few of its most senior executives.
One plaintiff claims she started working on the label in 2019 and was subjected to unwelcome advances and alleged sexual battery by Brandon Tiffith, TDE’s chief advertising and marketing officer, recognized publicly as Massive B The Chef.
She additionally accuses the label’s president, Anthony Tiffith Jr.—nicknamed Moosa and the son of TDE founder Anthony “High Dawg” Tiffith—of constant harassment.
The primary Jane Doe alleges that TDE failed to meet its contractual obligations for the work she accomplished.
In the meantime, the second Jane Doe describes a number of incidents of sexual misconduct by workers at TDE whereas she was on the job. She additionally claims she was pressured into underage ingesting for what she believes “aimed toward sexual exploitation.”
Legal professional Shounak Dharap of Arns Davis Legislation represents each girls, who expressed sharp criticism of the allegations in a press release to Newsweek.
“This lawsuit presents a obtrusive instance of the systemic abuse and exploitation within the leisure business,” Dharap acknowledged. “Our shoppers trusted TDE to behave with integrity and professionalism. As an alternative, their belief was betrayed in profoundly damaging methods. They’re bringing this lawsuit as a result of they refuse to be silenced and since they intend to carry TDE accountable in court docket.”
Reps High Dawg Leisure, a fixture within the Hip-Hop world since its founding in 2004, has but to situation a public touch upon the allegations.
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