Southern Hospitality, Justin Timberlake’s New York restaurant, is at the centre of sexual discrimination accusations, New York Daily News report. Former employee Alison McDaniel claims Timberlake and business partners Trace Ayala, Eytan Sugarman and Ronnie Kaplan were guilty of “vile and discriminatory conduct” during her time as waitress at the Upper East Side eatery. "In at least one instance, defendants Sugarman and Kaplan viewed pornography while in a locked room with McDaniel and made fun of her when she began crying," the suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, claims before alleging that other female workers endured racist comments including a hostess who was given the nickname "that ghetto girl at the door." McDaniel was fired after she wrote a memo complaining of the harassment, the suit claims. A publicist for Southern Hospitality has made no comment on the lawsuit. It’s the second time Justin’s restaurant has been caught up in legal problems, last November a former member of the waiting team brought a case against the restaurant claiming employees weren't getting their fair share of tips and overtime.
