YouTube sensation MrBeast's Beast Industries is being sued by a former employee over allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination prior to her firing. An official spokesperson for MrBeast, who holds the record for the most subscribers in YouTube's history, has decried the allegations as completely false.
MrBeast, real name James "Jimmy" Donaldson, is one of the most successful internet-based celebrities of all time, having reached wealth of $1 billion at the age of 26 in 2024. Beginning his career as a gaming streamer before moving into altruistic public charity videos and reality competition challenges, he has grown his online empire immensely, with the MrBeast YouTube channel's subscriber count now exceeding 479 million.
MrBeast responds to recent claims regarding his apparent wealth, and says he actually has very little money and is borrowing from his mother.
New civil claims against Beast Industries have been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina by Lorrayne Mavromatis, who worked for the company from 2022 to 2025 and whose job titles during that time included head of Instagram and head of creative. According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, Mavromatis claims she was the subject of...
