Celebrity news site TMZ said that a construction worker has sued a contractor for the stage setup of Miley Cyrus' "Bangerz" tour over unsafe working conditions. The plaintiff, Charles Nicholas Sarris, accused ShowFx Inc for not warning him about the dangers of constructing the huge prop of which the pop star uses to slide down for her dramatic entrances throughout her latest tour.
The "tongue," which is set up on the area where the mouth of a projected image of Cyrus's face is splashed onscreen, is colored picture and shaped like a giant slide. The prop is an ode to Cyrus' reported penchant for flashing her tongue whenever she can, Daily Mail said. According to Sarris in the lawsuit, he said ShowFx provided him with the tools and equipment that failed him, causing him to take a bad fall and injuring himself. Sarris is seeking unspecified damages.
Although Cyrus was not named in the lawsuit, the pop star is surrounded of them, as people allegedly used the pop star's status or her brand name to gain advantage or seize business opportunities.
In January, a Florida concert promotion company sued a woman for falsely representing her as the pop star's booking agent. The woman allegedly got $125,000 from the promotion company who had wanted to secure Cyrus for a performance at the the Miami South Beach Outdoor Festival on New Year's Day, TMZ said in an earlier report. Cyrus' camp has already denied their connection with the defendant.
Nonetheless, Cyrus herself managed to get threats of a lawsuit due to her emboldened image. Musician Sinead O'Connor last year threatened Cyrus' camp with a lawsuit after the latter posted a series of tweets that alludes to the former's mental issues in the past, HitFlix said. Although Cyrus' actions were a retort to O'Connor's initial letter about the Disney star's new image, Cyrus has backpedalled by extending an invitation on Twitter to O'Connor for a conversation in person.
