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apparently quotes break when spoilered, so I removed the quotes and colored my commentary yellow
Some excerpts of the lawsuit PDF, again emphasis mine:
that's just the introduction. I really recommend reading the PDF.
this shit deserves to be unspoilered (still allegedly of course):
there's a lot of stuff redacted, but it's actually very worthwhile to read to get a picture of what (allegedly) went on not only at mrbeast games, but mrbeast in general.
Some excerpts of the lawsuit PDF, again emphasis mine:
The MrBeast® entertainment empire produces “stunt philanthropy,” which typically features MrBeast performing corporate-sponsored, attention-getting philanthropy for publicity. The business model essentially is that MrBeast performs giving away some corporate money – whether pallets of cash, cars, or even houses to strangers or followers – and his corporate sponsors compensate him with even more corporate money.
distilling what mrbeast does to "stunt philantropy" or "corporate sponsored, attention-getting philantropy for publicity" and describing their business model as "giving away some corporate money, while being compensated by corporate sponsors with even more corporate money" is just
.
Mr. Donaldson, who has publicly represented that all MrBeast® contestants get paid if they compete for just five minutes, gushed to his fans online about the bigger-than-ever scale of the Amazon-sponsored Beast Games, stating that money was “not a constraint,” and that Amazon had given Mr. Donaldson “all creative control” and the ability to do “whatever [he] wanted.
Unfortunately, the supposedly magnanimous MrBeast® did not want to use the alleged
unconstrained resources to provide fair wages, or even bare-minimum-legal working conditions, to the [REDACTED] Contestants whose labor comprised the core commercial value of Beast Games. Instead, Defendants employed superior bargaining power to coerce the Contestants to sign unconscionable contracts with illegal terms and illusory obligations and also knowingly mischaracterized the Contestants [REDACTED] to avoid Defendants’ employment obligations under California law, [REDACTED].
Defendants knowingly misclassified the Contestants [REDACTED] in part, to obtain a tax credit for two million, two hundred fifty-two thousand, five hundred twenty-three dollars ($2,252,523) from the State of Nevada, which Defendants (Mrbeast & Co.), on information and belief, would not have received if they had disclosed the Production’s actual labor costs, including the significant labor of the [REDACTED] Contestants, in the budget they presented to the Nevada Film Commission with their tax-credit application.
Defendants then induced [REDACTED] to serve as Contestants on their $100-million-dollar production based on a false representation that one-thousand (1,000) people would be competing to win a five-million-dollar ($5,000,000) prize, announcing only upon the Contestants’ arrival [REDACTED] reducing the Contestants’ odds of winning [REDACTED] before the competition began.
speaks for itself. contestants were basically taken advantage of, not knowing what they signed up for.
During the Beast Games engagement, the on-set Production Staff maintained the strictest control over the Contestants, [REDACTED], denying them all privacy and access to the outside world.
The female contestants particularly and collectively suffered as a result of Defendants’ actions. The Beast Games work environment systematically fostered a culture of misogyny and sexism where Production Staff did nothing while [REDACTED]. Female contestants also were denied [REDACTED]. Defendants callously dismissed [REDACTED]
callously: in a way that is unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people.
distilling what mrbeast does to "stunt philantropy" or "corporate sponsored, attention-getting philantropy for publicity" and describing their business model as "giving away some corporate money, while being compensated by corporate sponsors with even more corporate money" is just
.Mr. Donaldson, who has publicly represented that all MrBeast® contestants get paid if they compete for just five minutes, gushed to his fans online about the bigger-than-ever scale of the Amazon-sponsored Beast Games, stating that money was “not a constraint,” and that Amazon had given Mr. Donaldson “all creative control” and the ability to do “whatever [he] wanted.
Unfortunately, the supposedly magnanimous MrBeast® did not want to use the alleged
unconstrained resources to provide fair wages, or even bare-minimum-legal working conditions, to the [REDACTED] Contestants whose labor comprised the core commercial value of Beast Games. Instead, Defendants employed superior bargaining power to coerce the Contestants to sign unconscionable contracts with illegal terms and illusory obligations and also knowingly mischaracterized the Contestants [REDACTED] to avoid Defendants’ employment obligations under California law, [REDACTED].
Defendants knowingly misclassified the Contestants [REDACTED] in part, to obtain a tax credit for two million, two hundred fifty-two thousand, five hundred twenty-three dollars ($2,252,523) from the State of Nevada, which Defendants (Mrbeast & Co.), on information and belief, would not have received if they had disclosed the Production’s actual labor costs, including the significant labor of the [REDACTED] Contestants, in the budget they presented to the Nevada Film Commission with their tax-credit application.
Defendants then induced [REDACTED] to serve as Contestants on their $100-million-dollar production based on a false representation that one-thousand (1,000) people would be competing to win a five-million-dollar ($5,000,000) prize, announcing only upon the Contestants’ arrival [REDACTED] reducing the Contestants’ odds of winning [REDACTED] before the competition began.
speaks for itself. contestants were basically taken advantage of, not knowing what they signed up for.
During the Beast Games engagement, the on-set Production Staff maintained the strictest control over the Contestants, [REDACTED], denying them all privacy and access to the outside world.
The female contestants particularly and collectively suffered as a result of Defendants’ actions. The Beast Games work environment systematically fostered a culture of misogyny and sexism where Production Staff did nothing while [REDACTED]. Female contestants also were denied [REDACTED]. Defendants callously dismissed [REDACTED]
callously: in a way that is unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people.
that's just the introduction. I really recommend reading the PDF.
Defendants exercised total control over the manner, means and timing of the work performed by the Contestants, by controlling essentially every aspect of their lives during the production of the show. This included, but is not limited to:
(1) requiring [REDACTED],
(2) controlling [REDACTED],
(3) controlling [REDACTED],
(4) controlling [REDACTED],
(5) preventing them [REDACTED],
(6) controlling [REDACTED],
and (7) directing [REDACTED].
hmm, wonder what all those redacted stuff is all about. could it be about what's mentioned in the very next part?
When and where.
Defendants required the Contestants to be physically present on specific dates and times, around-the-clock, at locations dictated, controlled, and supervised by Defendants, and which dates and locations...
Access to personal belongings.
Upon the Contestants’ arrival at the Beast Games [REDACTED]
Restricted movement.
Defendants corralled the Contestants into tightly controlled where they were actively supervised by Production Staff around-the-clock without any privacy.
No contact.
Defendants exercised total control over the Contestants’ [REDACTED]
Control Over Meals.
The Defendants controlled when, where, and what the Contestants [REDACTED]
Control Over Clothing.
Defendants controlled the clothing that the Contestants wore, [REDACTED].
Control Over Sleeping Arrangements.
Defendants controlled where, how, and whether the Contestants slept.
Control Over Medications and Recreational Substances.
Upon their arrival, Defendants separated the Contestants [REDACTED]. Defendants also did not allow Contestants to [REDACTED].
Exposed to Dangerous Conditions.
The Contestants were exposed to dangerous circumstances and conditions as a condition of their employment.
[snip]
The Contestants were penned into enclosed spaces with [REDACTED], under conditions where they were underfed, overtired, [REDACTED] (?????), and competing in stressful and exhausting challenges for a cash prize that could change their lives.
(1) requiring [REDACTED],
(2) controlling [REDACTED],
(3) controlling [REDACTED],
(4) controlling [REDACTED],
(5) preventing them [REDACTED],
(6) controlling [REDACTED],
and (7) directing [REDACTED].
hmm, wonder what all those redacted stuff is all about. could it be about what's mentioned in the very next part?
When and where.
Defendants required the Contestants to be physically present on specific dates and times, around-the-clock, at locations dictated, controlled, and supervised by Defendants, and which dates and locations...
Access to personal belongings.
Upon the Contestants’ arrival at the Beast Games [REDACTED]
Restricted movement.
Defendants corralled the Contestants into tightly controlled where they were actively supervised by Production Staff around-the-clock without any privacy.
No contact.
Defendants exercised total control over the Contestants’ [REDACTED]
Control Over Meals.
The Defendants controlled when, where, and what the Contestants [REDACTED]
Control Over Clothing.
Defendants controlled the clothing that the Contestants wore, [REDACTED].
Control Over Sleeping Arrangements.
Defendants controlled where, how, and whether the Contestants slept.
Control Over Medications and Recreational Substances.
Upon their arrival, Defendants separated the Contestants [REDACTED]. Defendants also did not allow Contestants to [REDACTED].
Exposed to Dangerous Conditions.
The Contestants were exposed to dangerous circumstances and conditions as a condition of their employment.
[snip]
The Contestants were penned into enclosed spaces with [REDACTED], under conditions where they were underfed, overtired, [REDACTED] (?????), and competing in stressful and exhausting challenges for a cash prize that could change their lives.
this shit deserves to be unspoilered (still allegedly of course):
there's a lot of stuff redacted, but it's actually very worthwhile to read to get a picture of what (allegedly) went on not only at mrbeast games, but mrbeast in general.
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