or so this stupid black guy claims...oops
Justin Timberlake is being sued for $9.6 million by his former tour
manager - who has accused the singer of racial abuse... Ibrahim
Duarte claims Justin (along with other members of his former band
'N Sync) told him and other black employees:
"You ni**ers ain't worth s**t".
The irate employee fumes,"After four years of building them into
one of the hottest bands in the world, they treated me less than
human. The popularity and money went to their heads and their
true feelings about having a black front man became apparent. I
endured their constant racial slurs, jokes and belittling comments
to make it work. But they just threw me to the curb like yesterday's
trash."
Band member Lance Bass allegedly insisted Duarte travel in a
separate tour bus because he was ashamed of having a black
tour manager,and the cool JC Chasez would shout, "You black
guys always f**k up". When Darrin Henson, the group's black
choreographer, collected an award, the band called him "the
dark member of 'N Sync".
Duarte also claims black sound engineer Dale Ramsey had to endure
jokes about his complexion, and security guard Kenneth Hunter was teased "in a racially offensive manner" - before both were dismissed.
The aggrieved tour manager claims he was sacked after the group's
No Strings Attached tour in 2000 because 'N Sync were ashamed of
having a black "front man" - and was replaced by a white man with
"significantly less experience". Duarte adds, "In my 25 years in this
industry, I've never been treated like this by any other artist."