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Jay-Z and his Chelsea sports bar, The 40/40 Club, filed a countersuit yesterday (August 7) in Manhattan federal court in response to a lost wages lawsuit by former assistants Kishma Pickering and Sheron Branch.
While Branch and Pickering claim they were robbed of wages and overtime (and that staff members were treated so abusively by the club that managers resigned en masse), lawyers for Jay-Z and his club say that Branch lost her position by not showing up for her shift.
According to the New York Post, lawyers for the club said that Branch "abandoned her employment...by failing to show up for work as scheduled, without calling in" last Christmas.
The suit also claims that the following day, the former administrative aide used the company's passwords, for 40/40's YouTube and MySpace accounts, to delete promotional videos.
Lawyers for the club estimate the damage done by deleting the videos amounts to around $20,000.
Jay-Z recently sought to have wage claims against him dropped, since he does not take part in staffing matters for 40/40.
In May, former 40/40 waitress Celeste Williams filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Jay-Z, business partner Juan Perez, and the club, claiming that 40/40 failed to pay the legally required minimum wage and shorted employees out of overtime.
Source: sohh.com
While Branch and Pickering claim they were robbed of wages and overtime (and that staff members were treated so abusively by the club that managers resigned en masse), lawyers for Jay-Z and his club say that Branch lost her position by not showing up for her shift.
According to the New York Post, lawyers for the club said that Branch "abandoned her employment...by failing to show up for work as scheduled, without calling in" last Christmas.
The suit also claims that the following day, the former administrative aide used the company's passwords, for 40/40's YouTube and MySpace accounts, to delete promotional videos.
Lawyers for the club estimate the damage done by deleting the videos amounts to around $20,000.
Jay-Z recently sought to have wage claims against him dropped, since he does not take part in staffing matters for 40/40.
In May, former 40/40 waitress Celeste Williams filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Jay-Z, business partner Juan Perez, and the club, claiming that 40/40 failed to pay the legally required minimum wage and shorted employees out of overtime.
Source: sohh.com