A morbidly overweight Detroit rapper who describes herself as a “BBW” – ‘Huge Stunning Lady’ – is suing Lyft for discrimination after one in every of its drivers advised her she was too huge to trip in his sedan.
Earlier this month Dank Demoss, AKA, Dajua Blanding, ordered a Lyft to attend a Detroit Lions social gathering.
The Lyft driver pulled up in a Mercedes-Benz and knowledgeable Demoss that she wouldn’t be capable to slot in his sedan.
“I can match on this automobile,” Demoss advised the Lyft driver to which he responded, “Consider me, you may’t.”
“I’ve been on this scenario earlier than,” the motive force mentioned.
Demoss responded, “So each huge individual, you flip down as a result of they’ll’t slot in your automobile?”
The Lyft driver mentioned his tires couldn’t deal with her weight and instructed she order an Uber XL rideshare. He additionally reimbursed her for canceling the trip.
Dank Demoss reportedly weighs almost 500 kilos.
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Demoss is now suing Lyft for discrimination.
“I’ve been in vehicles smaller than that,” Demoss advised FOX 2. “I simply need them to know that it harm my emotions.”
Excerpt from Fox 2:
A Lyft driver denied a Detroit rapper a trip due to her dimension – and now she’s suing.
Dajua Blanding, recognized on stage as Dank Demoss, requested a trip to a Detroit Lions watch social gathering earlier this month. Nevertheless, when the motive force arrived, he noticed Blanding and advised her he couldn’t give her a trip due to her weight. Blanding was recording the encounter.
Blanding has retained attorneys Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan to sue for discrimination.
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“I knew that it was unlawful, and I knew that it was incorrect,” Marko mentioned.He mentioned weight is a protected attribute in Michigan. Marko mentioned that denying somebody a trip primarily based on their weight can be the identical as denying somebody due to their race or faith – at the very least below the regulation.
Lyft drivers can flip down passengers for perceived safety threats, however Marko mentioned they can not deny a trip primarily based on protected traits.
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