Home Depot says Tyrese Gibson is mendacity about racism in his $1 million lawsuit in opposition to them … they usually say there’s video proof backing them up.
Home Depot simply responded to Tyrese’s lawsuit … pushing again in opposition to his claims of racial discrimination on the a part of their cashiers.
According to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Home Depot claims Tyrese got here into their retailer and introduced a bunch of things to the money register, the place the cashier scanned all the things. HD says Tyrese then went again for extra purchasing, leaving the register for 25 minutes and forcing the cashier to filter out his transaction.
It’s a unique story from Tyrese’s authentic criticism, the place he claims a pc glitch induced the delay. He additionally mentioned that due to the alleged delay, folks began recognizing him and, feeling uncomfortable, he went to the parking zone as a substitute of staying round to supervise the transaction
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Tyrese claimed he instructed the cashier his two helpers would end the acquisition together with his bank card and mentioned she understood his directions earlier than he left the shop … and mentioned he was instructed he might go wait outdoors and she or he would end the transaction.
Home Depot claims their surveillance reveals Tyrese did NOT communicate face-to-face with any of their cashiers.
Remember … Tyrese additionally claimed he bought on FaceTime with a cashier from outdoors the shop and approved her to finish the transaction his companions had been making an attempt to make, however he claimed she would not allow them to pay for the objects together with his card till he got here again into the shop to point out his ID.
But, in accordance with Home Depot, the cashier merely requested Tyrese for ID and mentioned FaceTime wasn’t adequate and that he needed to bodily come again into the shop to point out ID.
HD says surveillance footage reveals Tyrese coming again into the shop and getting right into a heated dialogue, which ends with him displaying his ID and the cashier finishing his transaction.
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Tyrese instructed us it was arduous to sue Home Depot as a result of he is a longtime buyer and the retailer is like his Disneyland … however Home Depot says they do not know how lengthy he is shopped there and are not certain how a lot he is spent over time — Tyrese claims it is near $10 million over 2 a long time.
We reached out to Tyrese’s authorized staff … to date no phrase again.
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