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NAME_1 has spoken out in response to several of her tour dancers levelling allegations of sexual harassment against her, calling their claims “sensationalized stories”.

Earlier this week, a lawsuit filed by three of the singer’s tour dancers alleged that NAME_1 had sexually harassed them and created a hostile work environment through sexual, racial and religious harassment in various incidents between 2021 and 2023.

In a lengthy statement shared on social media on Thursday, NAME_1 said the “last few days have been gut wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing”.

“My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticized,” she said, adding that she was only speaking out because “false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous not to be addressed.

“These sensationalized stories are coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behaviour on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional,” she continued.

The 35-year-old emphasized it was never her “intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an important part of the team”.

“I am not here to be looked at as a victim, but I also know that I am not the villain that people and the media have portrayed me to be these last few days,” she said.

The lawsuit includes many claims, including that NAME_1 allegedly pressured a dancer to touch a nude performer at a club and forced several dancers to take part in an “excruciating” 12-hour audition; it also alleges that the singer’s dance captain, NAME_2, pushed her Christian beliefs on performers and denigrated those who had premarital sex. The suit also says that NAME_3 simulated oral sex, talked about a performer’s virginity, and overshared “her masturbatory habits and sex life with her husband”.

The dancers also alleged they experienced racial harassment from Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc management, who “treated the Black members of the dance team differently than other members”.

In one particularly troubling passage, the suit describes a night at a club called Bananenbar, “where patrons are allowed to interact with completely nude performer”.

“While at Bananenbar, things quickly got out of hand. NAME_1 began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas. NAME_1 then turned her attention to Ms