Former 'American Idol' contestant suing show for wage theft, says she was made a 'laughingstock' in audition
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Former "American Idol" contestant Normandy Vamos is suing the show's producers for wage theft, claiming she and other contestants should have been paid as employees.
"Vamos and other performers who create content for American Idol have rights as employees, but the producers have chosen to ignore those rights. They treated them as so-called volunteers, when in reality they are employees who should be paid," Payton added.
Vamos and the other contestants from last season were asked to remain at a Los Angeles hotel and be available for up to 15 hours a day with no compensation, claimed the lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last Friday. The lawsuit was filed against ABC and the production companies behind the show on behalf of Vamos and other unpaid or underpaid performers over the past four years.