Social media|A thousand competitors compete for a prize of five million dollars in conditions that are accused of being dangerous and harmful.
“World The organizers of the program advertised as the “biggest live competition program” are accused of abuse and sexual harassment.
The Beast Games competition is run by MrBeast, the owner of the world’s most popular YouTube channel Jimmy Donaldson. The channel has 316 million subscribers.
Donaldson’s company organizes Beast Games with Amazon Prime. Amazon promises that the race will offer “the largest prize pool in the history of TV and streaming”. One thousand contestants are to compete for a prize of five million dollars, approximately 4.5 million euros.
Among other things, they report abuses BBC and Variety. The sources are court documents from Los Angeles. The documents are public, but partially encrypted.
The allegations stem from a class action lawsuit filed by five unnamed contestants. They want to extend it to all competitors who have been subject to abuse.
Documents according to which the contestants were monitored, their sleeping and clothing were controlled, and their privacy and contact with the outside world was taken away. They were dangerously malnourished and overtired. They were forced into small spaces and dangerous shooting locations. The backgrounds of the competitors were not properly investigated, which is why convicted criminals participated in the competition.
According to the claims, an atmosphere of misogyny and sexism prevailed during the filming. In point 71 of the documents, the atmosphere is said to have been instructed by the production management.
According to the competitors’ lawyers, the competitors had signed the contract and according to it they were entitled to compensation for their services. The contestants were practically employed, but did not receive minimum wage, overtime compensation, meal breaks or rest breaks. Their well-being and safety were the responsibility of the organizers. However, the employer exposed the competitors to dangerous conditions and situations as a condition for employment.
Among other things, the documents cite a newspaper story, according to which “countless patients suffering from lack of food and water” were brought to Desert Springs Hospital from the Beast Games.
The competitors say that they knew that they were entering a tough race, but the reality did not correspond to the preview they got.
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