Cher Fires Backup Dancers from ‘Dressed to Kill’ Tour; Backup Dancers and Choreographer Charge Singer with Sexual Assault and Discrimination Case

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Cher has fired two dancers and a choreographer from her "Dressed to Kill" tour due to an alleged sexual assault report.

The three dancers are now suing the singer and are saying that they were removed from the tour after they reported an alleged sexual assault of a female fan.

A lawsuit filed and obtained by the NY Daily News reported the incident explaining that a woman at a hotel who was with one of the dancers on tour claimed that she was pressured into having sex with her.

"Cher was personally involved in the cover up of a sexual assault against a female fan by one of her male dancers while on Cher's Dressed to Kill tour," the lawsuit read.

Plaintiffs Jacquelyn Ballinger, Suzanne Easter and Kevin Wilson reported the case to their tour managers and were fired a month thereafter, the same publication noted.

The dancer who was involved in the sexual assault case was only given probation but this allegedly took place after the complaint was officially filed in court. The two dancers and the choreographer who were "fired" were told that they were removed from the show due to budget cuts.

One of the plaintiffs, who also happened to be black revealed that Cher made a racist comment about him when he auditioned for a spot on her show.

"We have too much color onstage," Wilson said.

Wilson and another dancer, Easter, are both dark skinned African Americans, Seattle PI reported. .

"The patter of racism and discrimination continued to permeate the tour when Wilson was prohibited by Cher and tour management from casting any dark skinned African Americans who auditioned, even if they danced better than their white counterparts," the suit noted.

Meanwhile, Cher's publicist, Liz Rosenberg told CNN, "These accusations are ridiculous and could not be further from the truth."

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