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\n\tMrBeast isn\u2019t wasting time in officially rebutting salacious allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation and more from a former member of Beast Industries\u2019 social media team.<\/p>\n
\n\tHaving already denied Lorrayne Mavromatis\u2019 claims in a lawsuit she filed this week against the company in North Carolina federal court, Beast Industries on Friday went to court itself to get the whole thing tossed out.<\/p>\n
\n\tMocking Mavromatis\u2019 desire for \u201creinstatement\u201d at Beast HQ despite her version of how things allegedly went down there, a \u201cdefendant\u2019s answer and affirmative defenses to complaint\u201d sets the tone right up front by referring to her as a media manipulator and \u201csocial media influencer who filed this lawsuit to gain publicity by leveraging one of the most recognized YouTube creators in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAt bottom, Plaintiff\u2019s termination was a lawful business decision that was unrelated to her gender, her parental leave, or raising of any issues with human resources,\u201d the filing by Charlotte-based law firm Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson and Wilmer Cutler Pickering\u00a0Hale and Dorr LLP states. \u201cIt was simply the result of hard choices the company had to make to restructure a specific business that was underperforming.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe 21-page document goes on to say: \u201cPlaintiff\u2019s allegations do not change these facts.\u00a0They ignore them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWhat remains of Plaintiff\u2019s complaint are hostile work environment allegations for a claim she foreshadows but does not yet bring,\u201d it adds, referring to a part of the suit where Mavromatis and her lawyers refer to comments allegedly made by ex-Beast Industries CEO (and cousin of MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson) James Warren. \u201cThat unasserted claim appears to center on conduct of former employees who left the company years ago after a well-publicized 2024 culture review ordered by the company\u2019s current management team to help the rapidly growing company evolve into what it is today.\u00a0Any claims Plaintiff may try to assert about the company\u2019s former managers are, however, time-barred.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tEarlier this week, the Donaldson-founded Beast Industries said pretty much the same thing but more starkly in a statement to Deadline after the lawsuit was filed. \u201cThere is extensive evidence \u2014 including Slack and WhatsApp messages, company documents, and witness testimony \u2014 that unequivocally refutes her claims,\u201d a spokesperson asserted, providing a signed employee handbook and further 2022-2025 communications from Mavromatis as proof. \u201cWe will not submit to opportunistic lawyers looking to manufacture a payday from us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tMuch of that same so-called proof, as well as a photo of Mavromatis back home in Brazil with soccer star Neymar on a Beast trip, is included in today\u2019s filing.<\/p>\n
\n\tAt the same time, MrBeast still faces\u00a0a class action suit filed in September 2024 against Beast Industries and Amazon\u00a0claiming that Season 1 of\u00a0the their competition series Beast Games<\/em>\u00a0\u201csubjected the contestants to unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions.\u201d As the battle over the allegations over the $5 million prize show continues, Season 2 of Beast Games<\/em> has come and gone, and a third season is supposedly in the works.<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n