MrBeast and Amazon are facing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of five unnamed contestants in the Beast Games reality competition show.
YouTube star MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson), with more than 316 million subscribers, partnered with Amazon to host what was set to be the largest reality show in history, with over 1,000 contestants and a $5-million prize.
On Sept. 16, a complaint was filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court alleging the contestants were subjected to “chronic mistreatment,” sexual harassment, emotional distress, and more. Everything is included in this redacted copy of the complaint.
Additionally, the class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the contestants demands they be compensated for allegedly unpaid wages, expenses, and monetary damages during their time on the show.
The lawsuit alleges that MrBeast’s production company, Off One’s Base LLC, failed to pay overtime and minimum wages, didn’t provide the contestants with uninterrupted meal breaks and rest breaks, didn’t provide workers compensation benefits, and exposed them to “dangerous circumstances and conditions as a condition of their employment.”
While many elements of the complaint are redacted, it claims “the Beast Games Production was so void of standards of reasonable care that MrBeast® allegedly offered to cover the contestants’ therapy.”
Although Amazon has claimed it will be “the world’s largest live gameshow,” Beast Games has yet to receive a release date.
BuzzFeed has reached out to reps for MrBeast and Amazon for comments.
