Former MrBeast executive alleges years of sexual harassment and retaliation. The YouTuber’s company calls it ‘clout-chasing’

A former MrBeast employee is suing the media company, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after returning from parental leave and that she experienced pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment at her job.

In a federal lawsuit filed in the Eastern District Court of North Carolina on Wednesday, plaintiff Lorrayne Mavromatis, hired in 2022 as the head of Instagram, claimed MrBeastYouTube LLC violated basic employment laws of several women employees. Jimmy Donaldson, the online personality behind MrBeast, was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

According to the complaint, MrBeast did not have a parental leave policy, and the company did not inform Mavromatis of her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The lawsuit alleges MrBeast required her to perform “substantial and continuous work” over the 8-week period following the birth of her child and that she feared retaliation if she did not work during her FMLA-mandated leave. Mavromatis was on a work conference call while in the labor and delivery room, the lawsuit claims. Three weeks after Mavromatis returned from FLMA, MrBeast allegedly terminated her for being  “too high caliber” for her position.

Mavromatis also claimed she was sexually harassed during her time at Beast Industries and was demoted for issuing a formal complaint regarding workplace sexual........

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