Dancer Sues 'Movin' Out' For Firing Over Breasts

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 8:27pm

MIAMI (March 21) - A Miami-based dancer is suing the owners and producers of the Broadway musical "Movin' Out" for more than $100 million in damages on grounds that she was emotionally abused and fired after her breasts grew too large for her costumes.

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[sadiem100]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:32pm

This is definitely a new one. Wow.

[Lamc16]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:40pm

I'm sorry, but what warrants asking for $100 million??

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:46pm

I think there are plenty of women who would love to know the secret of how she grew cup sizes.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:48pm

Where the cupboard once was bare, now you knock and someone's there

[IdinaRocks]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 9:53pm

How is that grounds for sueing the show?? I understand the verbal abuse and stuff, but if she had auditioned for the show after her boobs grew she probably wouldn't have gotten it, right? And can't that happen in any show? Maybe not for the same exact reason, but for gaining or losing too much weight or something liek that.

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:04pm

If you read the actual legal papers, the weight issue is minor compared to the other issues of sexual harrasment, physical abuse, intimidation by management, and lack of proper, sometimes no, medical care. There seem to be grounds for suit on many levels. Many people feel that performers should just shut up and be grateful for the job, but this is above and beyond what anyone should have to deal with. Remember, it was Ziegfeld (a producer) that said, "the show must go on" as he kicked a dancer with a broken foot on stage. Now every performer has adopted the mantra. There have to be standards and protections in any workplace.

[fsuchris]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:07pm

yeah she is crazy. I have met her and she is out of her mind

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:08pm

The report is on www.movinoutlawsuit.com.

I would link it, but I don't know how.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:10pm

What is it with Broadway and breast lawsuits? First the Spamalot one, and now this! *sigh* Thats musical theatre you ya'.

[idinarocksmysocks!510]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:36pm

i can understand being frustrated because your boobs grew, but is that enough to sue? yes, i also can imagine the agony but really... i'm not saying i don't feel her pain, but it's a little over the top.

what about the spamalot lawsuit? i missed that!?

[blaxx]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:47pm

Still, I think she's trying to get 99 million too much...
I think she's going way over board with this, and probably will be a dismissed cased.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:50pm

"it's a little over the top"

I KNOW! That's her problem!

[Aigoo]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:52pm

"it's a little over the top"

I KNOW! That's her problem!

LMAO.

[alterego]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 10:53pm

" June is bustin out all over..."

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:09pm

My personal favorite line is the last one about ballerinas' boobs versus musical theatre actresses' boobs. LOL

[DirtyWickedDresser]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:16pm

Ballerina's generally have no boobs..............seriously I work in a ballet costume shop and the dress form we use has the breasts cut off!! I kid you not. Everytime I see the poor thing I feel sorry for her!

[DirtyWickedDresser]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:24pm

The fact that this girl had a size C cup and a size 0 dress size is hard enough to believe in the first place. Let alone for her to maintain a frame that thin with a D cup. The whole case seems a bit questionable all the way around.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 3/21/06 at 11:34pm

I'm a guy so I could have this wrong and I'm also southern you there's two chances I could be wrong. That doesn't seem impossible. With the right food and the wrong work-out plan its seems possible.

[QMAN03]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:15am

When I saw this on TV, i thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard.

[QMAN03]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:15am

Double post.
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 12:15 AM

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:17am

Speaking from personal experience, size 0 (or 00, for that matter) and D cup are not mutually exclusive categories (although most clothing manufacturers seem to think they are, but that's another story). However, suddenly going up a cup size when you're in your 20s and presumably done with puberty seems a tad fishy.

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:23am

It depends on how late in her 20s she was. If she stopped dancing 8 shows a week (even if she did stay in shape, I doubt that she did as much exercize as she would performing), it is quite possible that her breasts would grow. When I start to gain weight, my brests are one of the first things to change and the last thing to go. Also, if she went on the pill or something, her breasts would also grow. Lastly, if she was in her early 20s, depending on how late she began puberty, it is possible for breasts to grow.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:30am

$100 Million? I doubt the producers even have that. She should have asked for something reasonable.

[bostonbroadwayfan]

Posted: 3/22/06 at 10:06am

The fact that she made a website for her lawsuit is weird. Does she really think this will help her cause? Links to all the stories about her case make her seem like a media whore.
Im not saying she does or doesnt have case but the website is over the top.