The trouble, controversy, and lawsuits just keep on brewing for American Apparel. Included in their roster of pending cases are an employment discrimination case filed by a former public relations employee, a case now in arbitration filed by former employee who claims he was subjected to a racist work environment, a former sales representative who filed a wrongful termination and sexual harassment suit, a former IT employee who is alleging he was fired after refusing to pad inventory figures, and a former custom order manager who is charging she was subjected to a hostile work environment and that she still owed company stock.
Now, The Los Angeles-based company finds itself embroiled in yet another legal battle with its former head of European operations after being hit by a lawsuit, filed by Bernhard-Axel Ingo Brake, who alleges he was fired after complaining about the company’s employment practices in Europe.
