Looks like Tyrese is suing Home Depot for $1 million! According to PEOPLE, On Wednesday sued the home improvement store for civil rights violations, alleging he and two associates were the victims of racial profiling by employees at the West Hills store in February.
The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also claims “negligent hiring, supervision and retention,” according to the news outlet. The ‘Fast And Furious’ star’s construction workers, Eric Mora and Manual Hernandez, also are plaintiffs in the suit, which seeks more than $1 million in compensatory damages. Tyrese is also seeking punitive damages.
Tyrese, “one of the most recognizable Black actors and musicians in the United States, and his associates … experienced outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling first-hand inside the Home Depot retail store in West Hills,” the suit states. “The company needs to understand that there are consequences for discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling.”
Gibson and the other plaintiffs are “committed to doing their part to advance civil rights and put an end to the despicable practice of discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling at the Home Depot, and, by extension, all retail stores,” the suit states.
It all allegedly went down on February 11th when Tyrese went to a Home Depot location where he was worried that his amount of fame would be a distraction so she chose to go to the car while his construction workers pay for the items. But unfortunately Tyrese had to go back into the store after the cashier refused to complete his construction workers transaction and didn’t give them a reason.
The cashier “gave no reasonable explanation other than repeating store policy and demanded to see a form of identification,” according to the suit.
Furthermore, the suit alleges that a manager refused to speak to Tyrese but the cashier did end up completing the transaction after the heated argument.
“There is no other plausible explanation for the mistreatment of plaintiffs,” the suit states. Tyrese and his fellow plaintiffs have all suffered shame, humiliation and mental suffering, the complaint alleges.