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Posted on 01/28/2025 10:30:34 AM PST by algore
A plus-sized rapper has sued Lyft after claiming a driver refused to pick her up over fears she was too big to fit in his car and could 'burst his tyres'.
Dank Demoss, 36, real name Dajua Blanding, filmed her interaction with the Lyft driver earlier this month, showing her arguing back and forth over whether she could fit into his vehicle.
'I can fit in this car,' Demoss said.
'Believe me, you can't,' the driver responded in the clip.
Although the driver said he would refund her ride so Blanding wouldn't be charged for the trip, she sued the taxi service claiming she was discriminated against.
After Blanding shared the video to her Instagram, many jumped to the driver's defense and said she should have listened to his recommendation to order a larger XL.
'It's against the law to overload a car,' one commenter said in response. 'The driver was very polite, he explained his valid reasons, and even apologized... try seeing things from another's perspective.'
In her suit, Blanding says the driver pulled up in a Mercedes Benz sedan, but locked his doors and tried to drive away when he saw her.
When she confronted him, she says the driver told her she was too big to fit in his backseats and said his tires could not support her weight.
'What do I have to do with your tires?' she was heard asking him in the clip.
Blanding's attorneys Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan argued that the driver refusing to take her constituted discrimination because weight is a protected characteristic in Michigan.
'I knew that it was illegal, and I knew that it was wrong,' Marko told Fox 2, equating the refusal to pick Blanding up 'no different than refusing someone transportation based on their race or religion.'
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I wouldn’t let thing in an F450 dually.
If it don’t fit, you must acquit..
Plus the fact that he’d have to gas up his car three times to complete the trip, with all that extra weight.
“Plus sized” Lol!
What absolutle excaapes me, is there are actually guys where this is their fetish, this is their attraction. So bizarre.
What absolutle excaapes me, is there are actually guys where this is their fetish, this is their attraction. So bizarre.
“I’ve got fudge! Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses....We’re talkin’ Haagen Dazs, Baby, Waddaya Say?”
"And for you ladies we have caftans, muumuus, and our own exclusive A-frame in all colors and patterns. Yes, we have miles and miles of fabric. So take it from me, Thornton Melon, if you want to look thin, you hang out with fat people."
Oh my...she should have requested a Truck...she could ride in the bed. (How do people get this big?)
This type of behavior must be a real cash cow. Businesses would rather eat the losses than end up in food court.
Better get a bucket, I think I’m going to throw up.
Sell her a circus tent and cut a hole out in the top.
I’m thinking the grocery bill itself is an example of high maintenance.
Girl is NOT plus size.
She multiplication size.
I own two pickups and a van I don’t she fit any where.
Except the box of one of the pickups.
I own two pickups and a van I don’t she fit any where.
Except the box of one of the pickups.
You ever stick a toothpick in a volcano!??
We used to have a cattle truck that could haul about 10 cows but that woman might have busted the truck frame.
LMAO...
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