MrBeast is facing allegations of contestant mistreatment, including sexual harassment, failure to pay wages and expenses, and inadequate food and medical care, stemming from a class-action lawsuit filed in September 2024 concerning his show Beast Games. Additional allegations involve the production companies and Amazon, with claims of false advertising, misclassification of participants as volunteers to gain tax credits, and confiscation of personal belongings. Separately, MrBeast removed a former cast member, Ava Kris Tyson, in July 2024 due to allegations of sexual misconduct with minors, which Tyson initially denied but later retracted