Mo’Nique’s lawsuit against Netflix after the Queen of Comedy sued the streaming service for race and gender discrimination over their low offer for a potential 2017 stand-up special.
It resulted in Mo’Nique calling on her fans to boycott Netflix and eventually, she claims in the suit, being blacklisted.“Mo’Nique plausibly alleges that, after she spoke out and called her initial offer discriminatory, Netflix retaliated against her by shutting down its standard practice of negotiating in good faith that typically results in increased monetary compensation beyond the ‘opening offer’ and denying her increased compensation as a result,” Judge Andre Birotte Jr.