Three achromatic friends who walk fractional a cardinal dollars annually astatine Louis Vuitton person sued the luxury marque aft receiving a shocking email banning them from utilizing 'drug money' to acquisition items.
Tracy Renne Williams, her girl Brandi Williams and a friend, Kristopher Enoch, filed a race-based favoritism suit against Louis Vuitton connected Friday successful California national court.
The plaintiffs person accused the high-end institution of banning them from their stores for 'shopping portion black' and telling them they would beryllium arrested if they returned, according to the lawsuit.
In September 2022 Tracy - a 'VIP' lawsuit of the marque - preordered $50,000 successful merchandise to beryllium delivered to her location from the Louis Vuitton store successful Costa Mesa, California, and soon received an appalling email from the marque saying it could 'no longer' bash concern with her.
Meanwhile, erstwhile Tracy sent successful her achromatic adjunct to acquisition the aforesaid nonstop items she wanted, helium was treated 'respectfully' and 'was not threatened with arrest,' the suit said.
Tracy Renne Williams (pictured), her girl Brandi Williams and a friend, Kristopher Enoch, filed a race-based favoritism suit against Louis Vuitton connected Friday successful California national court
The plaintiffs person accused the institution of banning them from their stores for 'shopping portion black' and telling them they would beryllium arrested if they returned, according to the lawsuit. (pictured: Exterior of Costa Mesa store)
The email to Tracy read: 'Dear Mrs. Tracy Williams: It has travel to our attraction that Louis Vuitton has been incapable to fulfill your needs.
'Please beryllium advised that Louis Vuitton is nary longer prepared to bash concern with you and we inquire that you nary longer patronize our boutiques oregon effort to order our products via telephone, online, oregon successful idiosyncratic astatine immoderate Louis Vuitton store.
'Please bash not marque further attempts to interaction the stores. Any further attempts to pass with Louis Vuitton should beryllium directed to our Legal Department successful penning to: Attn: General Counsel, Louis Vuitton Americas, 1 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022.'
After receiving the scathing correspondence, Tracy visited a Louis Vuitton store successful Beverley Hills and was told by a achromatic manager 'that she was nary longer invited to store astatine the store and that she would beryllium arrested if she stayed oregon returned,' the suit said.
After failing to person the products oregon a refund for her order, Tracy sent her achromatic adjunct to the aforesaid store wherever helium was treated drastically antithetic than her, the suit detailed.
'To the contrary, Louis Vuitton unit treated him respectfully and, adjacent erstwhile the adjunct stated helium would (and did) wage for the items with respective 1000 dollars cash, helium was not different prevented from making the purchase,' according to the document.
When Brandi (pictured) entered a Louis Vuitton store successful Chicago successful July 2023, a achromatic store manager who 'recognized' her soon 'refused to let her to shop' there
The suit recognized Tracy arsenic a 'VIP' lawsuit for the brand, which gives her entree to exclusive events and income and 'dedicated Louis Vuitton concierges' who 'tend to her lawsuit work needs.'
After allegedly being 'blacklisted' from the company, the suit claims Tracy, who erstwhile had a 'lucrative societal media presence' showcasing her extravagant finds, has mislaid astir $40,000 successful revenue.
Last year, Tracy attempted to acquisition 9 pairs of constricted variation Nike Air Force 1 sneakers astatine $2,300 a pair, but couldn't due to the fact that of the alleged ban, per the lawsuit.
Instead, those customized sneakers were sold astatine auction to the nationalist for $176,400-$352,800 a pair. Those aforesaid shoes person since been re-sold for much than $1million a pair, the suit stated.
According to the ineligible filing, her girl Brandi besides 'suffered discrimination' from the marque portion buying astatine a Chicago store successful July 2023.
During her interaction, a achromatic store manager who 'recognized' her soon 'refused to let her to shop' there, the suit said.
The manager besides 'baselessly' accused Brandi of 'spending drug money' during her buying spree, according to the lawsuit.
Brandi past sent her 'non-black friend' successful to the aforesaid store to acquisition the desired items with a acquisition paper nether her name, but was soon contacted by an worker that the acquisition was 'illegal' aft discovering it was for her, the suit claimed.
The store besides demanded that she instrumentality the purchased items, according to the ineligible filing.
Tracy's person Kristopher was besides denied from purchasing a overgarment astatine a Louis Vuitton store successful Beverly Hills, California successful September 2022
Brandi went connected to participate a Louis Vuitton store successful New Orleans and was again told to permission 'or she would beryllium arrested,' the suit said.
Tracy's person Kristopher besides experienced a akin enactment portion buying astatine a Louis Vuitton store successful Beverly Hills successful September 2022.
At the time, Kristopher grew fond of a overgarment that a 'non-black customer' wasn't funny aft an store subordinate presented it to them, the suit claimed.
Kristopher told unit that helium wanted to acquisition the overgarment for Tracy, but the employees told him 'it was not available' without a wide mentation from the store manager, the suit stated.
Following some Brandi and Kristopher's interactions, they 'received materially identical messages' that Tracy did from the luxury brand, according to the lawsuit.
After each of them experienced their bizarre interactions with the brand, Tracy 'attempted to resolve' the contented astatine hand, the suit said.
The 3 plaintiffs are seeking a assemblage proceedings and are suing the institution for contention favoritism nether the Unruh Civil Rights Act, concern discrimination, tortious breach of contract, and theft. (pictured: Inside Costa Mesa store)
According to the filing, the Beverly Hills and Costa Mesa store placed blasted connected each different for the situations.
She adjacent got successful interaction with the vice president of the company, who told him 'he could bash thing astir it' and directed her to the brand's ineligible team, the suit said.
Tracy has not heard backmost from the brand's ineligible representatives, the suit claimed.
The ineligible filing went connected to notation Oprah Winfrey's 'experience with invidious race-based discrimination' with Louis Vuitton erstwhile the store refused to merchantability her a handbag successful 2015.
'This container is for the Italian people; it’s lone for the Italian people,' the speech amusement host, who addressed astir the concern successful a video, recalled an Italian income clerk saying to her astatine the time.
The 3 plaintiffs are seeking a assemblage proceedings and are suing for contention favoritism nether the Unruh Civil Rights Act, concern discrimination, tortious breach of contract, and theft, according to the lawsuit.
DailyMail.com contacted Louis Vuitton for comment.
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