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Former Versace Employee Claims The Company Allegedly Uses A Secret ‘Code’ For Black Customers In New Lawsuit

<p>A former employee is suing Versace after they fired him after two weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to<em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;tmz&period;com&sol;&num;article&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;26&sol;versace-sued-discrimination-black-man-fired&sol;"> TMZ<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the man worked in the company&&num;8217&semi;s Bay Area store&period; He claims in his lawsuit that the company allegedly uses a code called &&num;8220&semi;D410&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which was casually used to let co-workers know that an African American customer was present&period; The suit claims that is code for all black shirts in Versace stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former employee said that he was so shocked that he once responded to his boss and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You know that I&&num;8217&semi;m African-American&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the lawsuit he also claims that they refused to give him any breaks and fired him after only two weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also claims that they fired him because he hadn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8220&semi;lived the luxury life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former employee is now suing them for unpaid wages and damages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Versace has responded to the allegations and they have completely denied them&comma; 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