Home Depot claims ‘Fast and Furious’ star Tyrese Gibson is lying in $1M lawsuit
nypost.comThe Home Depot in a Los Angeles court on Aug. 9 citing a violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act in addition to negligent hiring supervision and/or retention.Gibson, along with his associates Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez, claimed to experience “outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling” in February while shopping at one of the retail locations in West Hills, California.
While checking out at the store, Gibson and his associates left the cash register for an extended period of time and when they came back the actor claimed he began to be recognized by other patrons in the store.
Gibson then chose to wait outside while Mora and Hernandez finished the transaction.Before leaving to wait outside, Gibson claimed he spoke with a cash register employee and authorized payment.
According to Gibson, the cash register employee would not let Mora and Hernandez authorize the payment, and he then attempted to authorize via FaceTime.The Home Depot’s latest response claimed surveillance video showed Gibson had no interaction with any of the three cash register attendees who assisted him and his associates during this time before leaving the store.
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