Allegations against MrBeast in Beast Games lawsuit: List of complaints explored

The class action lawsuit against MrBeast and Amazon Studios filed by five Beast Games contestants has quickly gone viral on social media. The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is the primary owner of MRB2024 LLC, which is one of the two defendants named in the case.

The plaintiffs remain unnamed, per reports from Variety dated September 17, 2024. However, a redacted legal document of the lawsuit has been made public and lists all of the allegations levied against MrBeast and Amazon Studios.

Here is a list of all the allegations made against the defendants:

1. Failure to Pay Minimum Wages
2. Liquidated Damages for Failure to Pay Minimum Wages
3. Failure to Pay Overtime
4. Sexual Harassment
5. Failure to Prevent Harassment
6. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
7. Failure to Provide Uninterrupted Meal Breaks
8. Failure to Provide Uninterrupted Rest Breaks
9. Failure to Pay Wages Promptly Upon Termination
10. Failure to Provide Accurate and Itemized Wage Statements
11. Failure to Indemnify for Employee Expenses and Losses in Discharging Duties
12. Unfair Business Practices
13. False Advertising
14. Declaratory Relief

Read on to know more about the allegations, which include failure to maintain a safe workplace environment for contestants and more.

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What are the allegations against MrBeast and Amazon in the class action lawsuit?

Fans of MrBeast, who happens to be the most popular YouTuber on the planet with over 315 million subscribers, have been looking forward to Beast Games, which was officially announced in May 2024.

While Amazon has yet to reveal a release date for the game show, filming started months ago. However, several reports claimed that the contestants faced major issues during production.

Now, five unidentified contestants have filed a class action lawsuit against the series' production team, which includes MrBeast's company and Amazon Studios. One of the major complaints is the failure to maintain a safe workplace environment in accordance with the law.

According to the lawsuit, MrBeast and Amazon both failed to provide the contestants with adequate compensation as legally required. On top of not managing minimum wages, the production team allegedly misclassified the contestants to save on employment taxes and did not provide overtime pay or meal breaks.

A part of the legal document reads:

"Defendants further relied on the misclassification as a false justification to avoid paying employment taxes and to spare the Production the costs of implementing various employment protections required under California law, including, minimum wages, overtime, mandatory meal and rest breaks, workers compensation benefits, itemized wage statements and timely payment of wages and reimbursements, among other things."

The contestants also claimed that the set of Beast Games was not safe, accusing MrBeast, Amazon, and the production team of not giving them enough food and medical care. The relevant parts of the lawsuit allege:

"Defendants then subjected the Contestants to unreasonable, unsafe, and unlawful employment conditions."

"The Contestants were fed sporadically and sparsely. They were not given adequate access to hygienic products or medical care."

What's more, the plaintiffs claim that MrBeast used false advertising while signing up the Beast Games contestants and that the producers did not adhere to the initial offer.

Another accusation is that the producers knowingly did not take action against sexual harassment on the set. The lawsuit includes parts from internal documents as proof that the defendants not only failed to curb misogyny but actively promoted it with guidelines encouraging "boys to be childish."

A document titled HOW TO SUCCEED IN MRBEAST PRODUCTION, cited in the lawsuit, notes that the production team was asked to let boys do stupid things even if they knew the risks. The contestants allege that such rules "fostered a culture and pattern and practice of sexual harassment."

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Readers should note that MrBeast has been under a lot of online scrutiny even before the class-action lawsuit. One of his long-time friends and employees, Ava Kris Tyson, was forced to retire from his company after she was accused of sending inappropriate messages to minors.