A federal judge has ruled that Megan Thee Stallion’s former cameraman, Emilio Garcia, can move forward with a lawsuit alleging sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation — despite efforts by Megan and Roc Nation to have the case dismissed.

Garcia claims he faced a hostile work environment while filming for the “Savage” rapper, including an incident during a trip to Ibiza, Spain, where he alleges he was forced to witness Megan engage in sex acts with another woman inside a moving SUV. Garcia, who is gay, says the encounter made him deeply uncomfortable and constituted workplace harassment.

In his written opinion, Judge Gregory H. Woods stated that Garcia “plausibly pleads that the alleged sexual encounter in the SUV in Ibiza created a hostile work environment based on plaintiff’s sexual orientation.”

The judge elaborated further: “Plaintiff asks the Court to draw the inference that ‘Pete would not have engaged in group sex with other women in front of a heterosexual male’; that ‘Pete felt comfortable engaging in group sex with other women in front of plaintiff because of plaintiff’s sexuality and gender.’ This is not an unreasonable inference to draw from the facts alleged.”

Garcia also alleges that after complaining about the incident, his hours and pay rate were reduced, and he was eventually fired and blacklisted from the industry. The judge allowed these retaliation claims to proceed, writing, “These facts raise a reasonable inference that material terms and conditions of plaintiff’s employment were altered in retaliation for speaking up about the Ibiza incident.”

Megan Thee Stallion and Roc Nation have strongly denied the allegations, calling Garcia a “con artist.” However, Garcia’s attorney, Ron Zambrano, told Billboard, “We have plenty of facts after fourteen depositions we’ve taken to get the facts in we need.”

Source: Billboard