Two black women filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the lingerie and beauty product company, Victoria's Secret, for alleged ill-treatment. The two claimed they were treated like criminals and were kick out of a Beverly Center store branch.
Shaunda McDaniel and Tammi Robinson is accusing the American brand of negligence, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false arrest and violations of various states code, Talk Radio790 KABC reported.
McDaniel and Robinson also stated on their legal complaint that they were "shocked and humiliated" after the store manager found them at fault following a confrontation to another customer. According to the lawsuit, the incident happened in June last year, the two were shopping at the Victoria's Secret store chain during the sale.
A woman "who appeared to be white" pushed and shoved the two black women and when they demanded the white woman to apologize, she declined, according to Refinery29. The store manager approached the three and without inquiring, the black women claimed they were blamed over the incident because of their color, the legal complaint alleges.
The manager then told McDaniel and Robinson in front of the other customers "to leave the store because they were in the wrong and were no longer permitted to be there," the lawsuit went said. While the other woman was told to continue her shopping.
McDaniel and Robinson is each seeking $2 million in compensatory damages and the
same amount in punitive damages, according to Hello Beautiful. They also want an order enjoining Victoria's Secret from engaging in further alleged discrimination incident. Victoria's Secret has not yet responded to a request for comment.
This was not the first incident on Victoria's Secret for being accused of racially profiling its customers. In 2015, four former security guards for CVS drugstores in New York sued the company after they were ordered to profile Black and Hispanic customers.
