A group of exotic dancers are suing retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. The class and collective action suit was filed in Clark County Nev.
District Court by two exotic dancers on behalf of all exotic dancers who have worked at Girl Collection, a Las Vegas strip club owned by Mayweather and his sister Deltricia Howard. In the lawsuit filed Monday, the dancers said Mayweather and Howard misclassified them as independent contractors rather than employees and did not pay minimum wage for hours worked. The dancers also accused Mayweather and Howard of requiring them to pay fees and portions of their tips to other employees, which the lawsuit alleged was in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
That case was dismissed in August and refiled in state court, with the accusation of assault added. In the new lawsuit, one of the dancers accused Mayweather of slapping her in the face in front of other dancers when she approached him about pay on April 23, Mayweather looks forward to the opportunity to prove in court that these allegations are false. The lawsuit seeks back pay and damages, as well as a ruling that the dancers are employees rather than independent contractors.
Mayweather, 47, is considered one of the greatest boxers in modern history. But he has a history of violence against women. In , two women accused Mayweather of punching them at a nightclub.
He was convicted of two counts of misdemeanor battery, according to the Associated Press. Mayweather spent two months in jail in for domestic battery following a argument with his ex-girlfriend, whoaccused him of punching and pulling her hair in front of their children.
