A $450 million lawsuit was filed last month against designer Alexander Wang by former employees who accuse Wang of forcing sweatshop like working conditions.
The lawyers for former Wang employee Wenyu Lu, one of the first employees to file suit against the designer, are withdrawing the claim. However, that’s not necessarily good news for Wang. According to the New York Post, Lu’s current lawyer, Ming Hai, will continue to consult, while the case would be “refiled in federal court and handed off to a lawyer specializing in labor law.”
Wang continues to deny the allegations, telling the Post, “The claims of sweatshop conditions were completely and utterly untrue in every respect.”
This can’t be good news for Alexander Wang and his brother, Dennis. The label stands to lose upwards of $450 million if courts rule that the company was guilty of operating under sweatshop conditions–not to mention risk a huge blow to its reputation.
Stay tuned....
