A big rapper sued Lyft after he claimed that a driver refused to pick her up for the fear that she was too big to fit in his car and crack his tires.
Thanks Demoss, 36, real name Dajua Blanding, filmed her interaction with the Lyft driver earlier this month and showed her a fight about whether she could fit in his vehicle.
“I can fit in this car,” said Demoss.
“Believe me, that is not possible,” the driver responded in the clip.
Although the driver said he would repay her ride, so boring would not be charged for the journey, she sued the taxi service and claimed that she had been discriminated against.
“I have been smaller in cars than that,” she told Fox 2. “I just want them to know it hurt my feelings.”
After Blanding had shared the video with her Instagram, many jumped to the defense of the driver and said they should have listened to his recommendation to order a larger XL.
“It's against the law to overload a car,” said a commentator in response. “The driver was very polite, he explained his valid reasons and even apologized … Try to see things from the perspective of someone else.”
Plus-sized rapper thanks Demoss has sued Lyft after he had demanded
Thanks Demoss, real name dajua blanding, claimed that she was humiliated and discriminated against in her lawsuit, and said that the interaction 'my feelings hurt'
In her video shared with social media, Blanding said in her caption that she felt 'discriminated against' by the Lyft driver.
“Am I wrong? Lyft what do you all have to say about this driver (who) discriminated me? I just feel that you all treat great people like S ***. As if we don't hear here. '
The rapper has filed a lawsuit against the Lyft driver who claimed that she was being treated unfairly and said in her legal steps that they suffered emotional need and humiliation.
In her suit, Blanding says that the driver stopped in a Mercedes Benz -Sedan, but locked his doors and tried to drive away when he saw her.
When she confronted him, she says that the driver told her that she was too big to fit in his backseat and said his tires could not support her weight.
“What do I have to do with your tires?” She was heard to ask him in the clip.
Blanding's lawyers Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan argued that the director who refused to take her to take discrimination because weight is a protected characteristic in Michigan.
“I knew it was illegal and I knew it was wrong,” Marko told FOX 2 and agreed to the refusal to pick up “no different than refusing someone's transport based on their race or religion.”
Runyan added: 'Refusing someone who is transport based on their weight is not only illegal, but also dangerous … Imagine the consequences if Mrs. Blanding was unable to seek shelter after the driver had stranded her left behind. This could have ended even worse than it did. '
The rapper shared images of herself in the offices of her lawyer when she brought a lawsuit and claimed that she was discriminated against
Although some commentators defended the driver and said that blanding attacked his livelihood, the rapper doubled as she shared a challenging Instagram post days after her first clip
Although some commentators defended the driver and said that blanding attacked his livelihood, the rapper doubled as she shared a challenging Instagram post days after her first clip.
By sharing a video of her in yoga short and a jacket, she endors the post: 'I try not to discriminate against my weight and let me in the car!
'Would you let me in? Meet me at least on the Sexxy Rode Afterparty. '
In a statement, Lyft said that the company “unambiguously condemns all forms of discrimination.”
'We believe in a community where everyone is treated with equal respect and mutual kindness. Our community guidelines and service conditions forbid explicit intimidation or discrimination. '
