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Class Action

Sep. 19, 2024

YouTube star's game show denied contestants food and water, suit claims

Amazon promotes the yet-to-be-released show as "the world's largest live gameshow" with the "biggest single prize in the history of television and streaming."

MrBeast, whose real name is James "Jimmy" Donaldson. Shutterstock

A new class action complaint claims YouTube celebrity MrBeast and Amazon Studios mistreated contestants of his upcoming game show, failing to provide adequate food, medical treatment and compensation, placing them in dangerous situations and turning a blind eye to sexual harassment on the set.

"Defendant production companies and Amazon shamelessly exploited the labor of ... people who served as contestants on the forthcoming $100-million-dollar MrBeast-Amazon production Beast...

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