Floyd Mayweather is being sued by exotic dancers from his Las Vegas strip club, Girl Collection, who claims the boxing legend owes them payment for their services.
Jasmine Woodward says she confronted Mayweather over “failure to pay her for the shifts that she worked earlier in the weekend,” and was met with “[a slap in the face] in front of other dancers and customers on the floor of the club.”
After he allegedly struck her, he followed her and tried to gaslight her by telling her that she “couldn’t take a joke.”
Another stripper, Brittany Strauss is also suing Mayweather and is suing his sister Deltricia Howard for failing to pay minimum wages, illegally withholding tips, and unspecified damages.
Mayweather and Howard reportedly misclassified them as independent contractors rather than employees and the pair made the strippers pay fees and a chunk of their tips to other employees, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Mayweather’s rep denies the allegations.
“Mr. Mayweather never assaulted the plaintiff and he never owned the club identified in the case,” Felton Newell said to the Atlantic. “This is nothing more than a legal shakedown. Mr. Mayweather looks forward to the opportunity to prove in court that these allegations are false.”