A spokesman for Justin Timberlake has denied accusations by a former 'Nsync tour manager that the singer and his band mates regularly made racist comments against black members of their stage crew.
The accusations have been made as part of a unfair dismissal lawsuit being brought against the boyband and their management by Ibrahim Duarte. He is seeking $10 million compensation on the grounds he was fired for racist reasons.
In the lawsuit Duart alleges all five members of the boyband used racial slurs and derogatory language towards him and other black members employed by the group, including their sound engineer and choreographer. He says Lance Bass was embarrassed by being seen with black crew members and made them travel on a different tour bus. He also claims that Timberlake once used the "n" word with him when he yelled, "You niggas ain't shit."
Duart, who has worked in the music industry for 25 years, worked for 'Nsync between Jan 1999 and Dec 2000. However his claims of racism may be undermined in court because of a different lawsuit for $155,000 brought by Duart against 'Nsync last year over fees he felt he was owed after parting company with the band. In that case, handled by a different attorney, no allegations of racism were made.
Although no formal statement has been issued by 'Nsync or their management, a spokesperson for Justin Timberlake yesterday told the BBC that there was no truth in the allegations made against the singer.
Via: CMU
Article comments
1 - mandy
please they're racist... after all blks done for their sorry azz band. they're just mad cuz they suck and they look like shyt compared to everyone else... haha no wonder chris kirkpatrick needs that Mission: Man Band show. even after all that he'll still suck along with the others. sit back. justin stop being a trend setter and a wanna be. u were tryin too hard in ALPHA DOG you loser tryin to give blks a bad name. NO thatz not what blkz r all about. f-- all of u boy bands. u all had a fivesome anywayz