Jury awards $3M to black strippers in discrimination case
Posted May 18, 2019 10:11:59 AM.
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JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi jury has awarded a total of more than $3 million to five African American strippers after a federal judge found the women worked under worse conditions than their white colleagues.
The judge ruled in the discrimination case last year, and jurors decided Wednesday how much the women should receive.
The attorney for Danny’s Downtown Cabaret, Bill Walter, said Friday he will ask the judge to reduce the award.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Danny’s years ago, saying the Jackson club limited when black women could work, while white women had flexible schedules.
It also said a Danny’s manager used racial slurs against a black dancer, and Danny’s owners forced black women to work at another club they owned called Black Diamonds, where conditions and security were worse.
Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press
