Starbucks manager who claims she was fired for being white awarded another $2.7MBy Shannon Thaler
August 17, 2023
A white Starbucks manager who was fired after two black men were refused access to a Philadelphia store bathroom was awarded $2.7 million to cover the legal fees associated with her wrongful termination lawsuit, which already awarded her $25 million.
In an order filed in New Jersey federal court on Wednesday, a judge said Starbucks would has to pay Shannon Phillips — a regional manager who oversaw several Starbucks locations across New Jersey and Pennsylvania — $2.7 million.
The court filing is the latest in Phillips’ case with the coffeehouse chain, which began back in 2018 when Phillips claims she was used as a “scapegoat” as Starbucks found itself as the center of a racial firestorm.
The saga unfolded when an employee at Starbucks’ Rittenhouse Square location in Philadelphia called 911 on April 12, 2018, after two black men — Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson — were denied access to the bathroom because they weren’t paying customers.
Nelson and Robinson then refused to leave, claiming they simply sat at a table waiting for a potential real estate business partner to arrive.
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https://nypost.com/2023/08/17/starbucks-manager-allegedly-fired-for-being-white-awarded-another-2-7m/
