By A class-action lawsuit has been filed against YouTube star MrBeast and streaming giant Amazon by lawyers representing five unnamed contestants in the upcoming “Beast Games” reality competition series for the streamer according to The Wrap and Variety.
The complaint, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges multiple causes of action related to the chronic mistreatment and neglect suffered by participants in the series.
The show features more than 1,000 participants competing for a single $5 million cash prize and the suit claims “Beast Games” boasts a $100 million budget. It is being sold as having the “biggest single prize in the history of television and streaming”.
The suit demands that Amazon and MrBeast’s company pay alleged unpaid wages and expenses and that the defendants be ordered to pay unspecified punitive monetary damages.
In a statement about the lawsuit, attorneys for the anonymous contestants say:
“Several contestants ending up hospitalized, while others reported suffering physical and mental complications while being subjected to chronic mistreatment, degradation and, for the female contestants, hostile working conditions.”
Allegations include participants being deprived of medical care, food, sleep and the necessities of basic hygiene. Portions of the lawsuit are redacted, including some of the details involving the sexual harassment allegations.
The news comes as a Rolling Stone article has gone into the show’s production, saying according to crew members and several contestants in Toronto, conditions on the production were dangerous and was “staffed with a crew with little experience on a project of this scale”.
A release date for “Beast Games” on Prime Video has not yet been announced.
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