A lawsuit has been filed against Jay-Z’s cannabis brand, Buy La Confidential Online alleging discrimination, inaccurate financial reports, and the illegal shipping of cannabis from to New York.
According to Cathi Clay, former VP for Buy Ether Runtz Monogram cannabis’ producer – The Parent Company (TCPO) – she was wrongfully terminated after filing a whistleblower report.
The former TCPO employee claims she was harassed and Peanut Butter Breath Strain discriminated against due to her gender and then retaliated against over her flagging alleged illegal activity with law enforcement officials.
‘Empire State of Mind’ rapper Jay-Z serves as the chief visionary officer for TCPO.
The companies cited now have 30 days to respond to the lawsuit.
A lawsuit has been filed against Jay-Z’s cannabis brand, alleging gender discrimination, inaccurate financial reports, and the illegal shipping of cannabis from California to New York
This is TCPO chief financial officer Mike Batesole who has been accused of harassment
Transporting cannabis across state lines is a violation of federal and state laws
According to The Parent Company’s own
In the lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County on February 16, Clay claims TCPO executives shipped cannabis across state lines.
The former VP says execs took items ‘to New York for a Monogram event with Shawn Carter,’ a violation of federal law.
Additionally, California laws prohibit shipping cannabis from The Golden State to other states.
Clay filed a whistleblower report in August 2022 and then resigned the next day.
She says she was ‘harassed and discriminated against’ to the point that she had no other choice but to resign.
Even before she was ‘forced to resign’ she says she experienced years of gender and sex-based harassment at the company.
One of the alleged offenders was TCPO Chief Financial Officer Mike Batesole.
Clay alleges that Batesole acted ‘aggressive’ and ‘demeaning’ toward her throughout her time with the company.
He also allegedly ‘publicly questioned Ms. Clay’s abilities’ and told her was treated differently because she ‘used to ‘be nicer,’ the lawsuit states.
Batesole ‘made many inappropriate comments about women, hiring “housewives” to perform accounts payable, people of color and skill sets of employees,’ the suit says.
The former VP says her treatment only worsened after she warned company execs about the ‘outright inaccuracies’ in their financial filings with the SEC.
Cathi Clay alleges TCPO execs took cannabis from California to New York in her lawsuit
Clay’s attorney David S. Ratner said they are not comfortable sharing evidence at this time, but his team has ‘concrete irrefutable proof of each allegation in the Complaint’
According to Clay, TCPO execs transported cannabis from California to New York
Jay-Z is the chief visionary officer for The Parent Company
This is a product sold by Monogram, rapper Jay-Z’s cannabis brand
DailyMail.com reached out to Roc Nation – the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z – but did not hear back by the time of publication
According to the SEC, TCPO operates 11 cannabis retail locations in California and employs more than 650 people.
TCOP and the other companies named have until March 16 to respond.
An initial court hearing in this case has yet to be scheduled.
DailyMail.com reached out to Roc Nation – the entertainment company founded by Jay-Z – and TCPO but did not hear back by the time of publication.
