Lena Zawaideh Biography, and Relationship with Shaun White

Your complete guide to Lena Zawaideh Biography, and Relationship with Shaun White, featuring in-depth facts.

Lena Zawaideh had her big breakthrough when Shaun White, owner of the popular music band “Bad Things” and former Olympic snowboarder, gave her a job in his band in 2009. Lena played in the band along with other talented instrumentalists such as bassist Jared Palomar, vocalist Davis LeDuke, guitarist Anthony Sanudo, and founder Shaun White, who joins in as guitarist. According to Lena, her relationship with the former Olympic snowboarder and leader of the popular band is that of a boss and employee.

She joined the band when Shaun offered her a job with them in 2009, although Lena Zawaideh is said to have known Shaun all her life since she grew up with him and Anthony Sanudo. Unfortunately, Shaun dismissed her from the band in 2014 without paying her for part of the work she did with them.

TMZ reported that several years after her dismissal from the band, Lena made a public complaint in a lawsuit filed in May 2016. In the lawsuit, Lena Zawideh sought $42,000 in back pay and also claimed punitive damages and sexual harassment that she had suffered during her time with Shaun. According to Lena, who was just 16 years old when she started working with the band, Shaun’s behavior was always strange from the beginning. She revealed that he became strange after consuming excessive alcohol but usually apologized the next day. He did many bizarre things, such as forcing her to watch offensive pornographic videos and pictures of male sexual organs, including videos in which human feces are sexualized.

In the course of the trial, the complaint was amended to include an opportunity when the band leader tried to steal a kiss from Lena at a Halloween party but met with resistance. Shaun was also accused of grabbing Lena’s ass against her will and forcing her to get a new haircut and wear revealing clothes, which she refused to do. Another bizarre behavior of Shaun was that he stuck his hands down his pants and forced Lena to smell it by holding his dirty hands in her face.

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