The Oscar-winning actor claims Netflix's offer for a comedy special “perpetuated the pay gap suffered by black women.”
filed a lawsuit against Netflix on Thursday, accusing the streaming service of gender and racial discrimination for offering her far less than what it paid other comedians for a proposed special.
“Mo’Nique objected to Netflix’s discriminatory pay offer, pointed out how it was discriminatory and asked Netflix to do the right thing by negotiating fair pay with her,” the lawsuit states. “In response, Netflix did the opposite. It dug its heels in the ground, refused to negotiate fairly and stood behind its discriminatory offer.”
At the time, Mo’Nique invoked fellow comedian Amy Schumer to highlight the gap in pay Netflix offered., but upon finding out the amount of money the company shelled out for comics Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle —thanked Mo’Nique for speaking out, saying Netflix offered her even less.
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