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YouTuber MrBeast has found himself in legal trouble again after a former executive sued his media company, Beast Industries, over claims of sexual harassment and workplace gender bias.

Lorrayne Mavromatis, who joined Beast Industries in 2022 as the head of its Instagram, alleged harassment of female employees was “condoned” and complaints were not taken seriously at the business.

According to a report by the BBC, Mavromatis claimed she was removed from her role at the firm after “complaining about a workplace that suffered from a lack of basic employment protections”.

In her lawsuit, she alleged sexual harassment of female employees was “both condoned and/or perpetuated by their supervisors”, adding she was also “treated differently than her male counterpart”.

She said she had complained about the “hostile environment” faced by female employees to the company’s HR chief, but was told her claims were “unsubstantiated”.

In an example listed in court papers, Mavromatis claimed she had once asked Beast Industries’ CEO James Warren why MrBeast — whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson — would not work with her on certain projects. She said Warren told her she was a “beautiful woman and her appearance had a certain sexual effect on Jimmy”.

Another example reported by Variety said the CEO would subject Mavromatis to “to sexual harassment (making her meet him in his home for one-on-one meetings while commenting on the way she looked in her clothes) and dismissed her complaint about a male client’s unwelcome advances toward her as nothing (telling her that she should be honoured that the client was hitting on her)”.

She said she was demoted and transferred to an obscure role and fired from the company less than three weeks after she returned from pregnancy-related leave.

Mavromatis said she suffered “mental anguish, humiliation, embarrassment” and “damage to her emotional and psychological well-being” due to “MrBeast’s conduct and the adverse employment actions”. She is seeking “lost wages, lost benefits, reinstatement” and various forms of damages.

In a statement given to Variety, a company representative called Mavromatis’ allegations a “clout-chasing complaint” which is “built on deliberate misrepresentations and categorically false statements”. They said she was not fired based on performance, but was instead the result of a team reorganisation.

This isn’t the first time MrBeast has faced similar allegations. In September 2024, contestants on his show Beast Games filed a lawsuit claiming they were exploited during their time working on the show.

Papers filed as part of the suit said the contestants were not paid and did not receive meal breaks or appropriate time to rest. There were redacted mentions of sexual harassment allegations in the lawsuit as well.