Two dancers were fired from the New York City Ballet on Saturday amid accusations that they were part of a ring of male dancers who inappropriately shared nude photos and videos of women. Waterbury charged in her lawsuit against City Ballet and Finlay that the company tolerated a "fraternity-like atmosphere" where male dancers understood that "they could degrade, demean, mistreat and abuse, assault and batter women without consequence." The ousters of Finlay, Ramasar and Catazaro leave City Ballet without three of its 14 male principal dancers ahead of next week's opening of the 2018-2019 season. Waterbury's attorney did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the firings of Ramasar and Catazaro. After Waterbury filed her lawsuit on Sept. 4, an attorney for Finlay said that the allegations "should not be taken as fact."

Source: Fox News September 16, 2018 16:28 UTC