JAY-Z COUNTER-SUES FORMER CLUB EMPLOYEE
Hip-hop mogul SHAWN ‘JAY-Z’ CARTER is counter-suing two former employees of his 40/40 nightclub, claiming one woman cost the venue $20,000 (£10,000) in damages.
Carter and his sports bar The 40/40 Club filed their counter lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday (07Aug07) in response to a lost wages claim brought forward by former assistants Kishma Pickering and Sheron Branch.
Pickering and Branch claim their wages were unfairly cut and overtime taken away by the club’s owners - allegations which have been strongly denied by Carter and his business partners.
Lawyers for Carter and The 40/40 Club say Branch was fired from her job after missing her Christmas shift in December 2006.
The suit alleges Branch "abandoned her employment… by failing to show up for work as scheduled, without calling in", according to the New York Post.
The legal papers go on to claim Branch used the club’s passwords on social networking sites YouTube and MySpace to access their accounts and delete promotional videos, causing an estimated $20,000-worth of damage.
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