My 600 LB Life: Megalomedia Company is already dealing with several court cases. However, a point to be noted, most of the cases are filled by their own contestants and participants. And now we have a new update regarding the same. TLC transgender star Destinee Lashaee has accused show producers of forcing her to shave her beard. She furthermore made several other statements, which has left us all shocked.
Recently, Destinee has filed a lawsuit in Harris County Court In Texas under her legal name Matthew Ventress. Furthermore, she is suing production company Megalomedia for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud. The My 600 LB Life star also claims that the pressures were causing the transgender star to have suicidal thoughts.
My 600 LB Life: Destinee Say The Producers Were Taking Advantage Of Her
Lashaee claims that the producers were always focusing on their ratings. Moreover, court papers obtained by The Sun, says the producers of My 600 LB Life had “taken advantage” of her. In addition to that, the company made several promises to the reality star but fulfilled none. Starting with the production company promised to pay for mental health treatment. Destinee was suffering from gender dysphoria and emotional distress.
The emotional breakdown happened after she lost her brother, in fact, he died in her arms. But Lashaee claims that the producers only provided her with one therapy session. Moreover, the therapy season was organized so that it could be filmed and later telecasted. As the later has already mentioned, everything done was from the point of view of the show’s ratings. Destinee, who is transgender, claimed she was “pressured to shave her face, which is a source of stress and anxiety to Plaintiff.”
My 600 LB Life: The Unending Debate!!
The producers have something so say about the same as well. They are claiming that the filming of her shaving was so painful that it was not made part of the show. Furthermore, the stress led Plaintiff to have a breakdown. Resulting in an outburst. The producers say that Destinee kicked the producers out of her show. And even threatened to kill herself. But destined has something totally opposite to say. She says that the producers returned to her place in hope of more dramatic footage.
In fact, she claims that they aggravated the situation rather than providing appropriate assistance. Also when she asked them to step back, she was threatened with pay cuts. In addition to that, Destinee is also claiming that the producers failed to administer a psychological evaluation. She was not even provided adequate mental health services during filming and after surgeries. And now She is asking for $1 million. However, the case has just begun, let’s see what happens further.