Former MrBeast Exec Sues for Harassment, Retaliation

0:00On April 23rd, a former exec at Mr. Beast's Beast Industries just dropped a federal lawsuit claiming years of sexual harassment, gender bias, and retaliation. Lorraine Mavramatis worked there from August 22, 2022 until November 6, 2025. She started as head of Instagram and climbed fast to managing a team of 20 with a $500,000 monthly budget. Filed in North Carolina federal court this week, the suit says harassment of women was straight up normalized. She alleges crude comments from higher ups about Jimmy Donaldson getting awkward around attractive women, leading her to downplay her looks to keep. Her job then came exclusion from guy-only meetings into motion after she spoke up. Mavramatis says she was the first to request maternity leave, worried about the reaction and got fired less than three weeks after returning, calling. Her too high caliber for her lowered role. The company fired back hard, labeling the claims categorically false and clout chasing,

1:02with slack messages, docs, and witnesses to back them up. Times up legal defense fund is supporting her, calling it a classic pattern of powerful folks dodging accountability. They praise her bravery in breaking the silence. Sources say her team tried settling before filing, but beast industries ain't budging. She's after lost wages, reinstatement, damages, and fees. This ain't their first legal drama. Another class action over beast games hit them last year with harassment and safety claims still rolling. With Donaldson topping YouTube at 479 million subscribers and over 500 staff, eyes are on how this plays out for the Empire. We'll keep watching as it unfolds. That's the story for today. Entertainment and celebrity news. Today, driven by AI, I'm Cory with the story.