American Apparel Faces New Suit

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Less than a week after a group of former American Apparel Inc. employees sued the company on claims that the downtown L.A. apparel maker violated federal and state labor law, another former employee has accused the company of religious discrimination related to his firing nearly a year ago.

David Nisenbaum, the company’s former director of manufacturing accounting analysis and audit between November 2012 and June of 2014, alleged in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, that American Apparel discriminated against him because of his Jewish heritage when they fired him last June.

Nisenbaum also alleges he was fired because he complained to the company that executives had violated federal securities law, and that the executives attempted to defraud investors. Former American Apparel executive John Luttrell was named in the lawsuit, as were members of the company’s board of directors.

Luttrell left the company in September after briefly serving as interim chief executive following the ouster of former chief executive Dov Charney. Charney was suspended in June, the same month Nisenbaum said he was fired.

Nisenbaum is seeking several types of damages including those related to lost pay, salary, bonuses, benefits and attorneys’ fees.

Keith Fink of Los Angeles firm Fink & Steinberg is representing Nisenbaum. Fink also represents Charney and the group of former employees who filed suit against the company last week.

An American Apparel spokesperson said the company generally does not comment on personnel matters, “especially those that precede the current management team.”

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