YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon’s TV studio were hit with a proposed class action from contestants on his latest game show “Beast Games” who say they faced gross mistreatment, neglect, and sexual harassment on the show.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court said the over 1,000 participants, who were competing for a $5 million prize, were deprived of medical care, food, sleep, and basic hygiene, and several were hospitalized.
The Beast Games filmed this summer as a collaboration between MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, and Amazon MGM Studios. It’s been billed as the world’s largest ...
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