Mancuso v. Douglas Elliman, LLC

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• holding that plaintiff plausibly alleged slander per se where he was accused by his former employer of stealing from the cash register and employee tip jar
• finding statement made at the time the plaintiff was fired that “‘You Nigerians can’t be trusted’—clearly support[s] the inference that [the plaintiff’s supervisor’s] decision to terminate [the plaintiff] was motivated by discriminatory animus”
• finding statement made at the time the plaintiff was fired that “‘You Nigerians can’t be trusted’—clearly support[s] the inference that [the plaintiff’s supervisor’s] decision to terminate [the plaintiff] was motivated by discriminatory animus”
• finding a statement by an individual at the time the plaintiff was fired that, “You Nigerians can't be trusted,” “support[s] the inference that [the individual's] decision to terminate [the plaintiff] was motivated by discriminatory animus.”
• “In the course of attempting to [establish pretext], a plaintiff may rely on the evidence supporting his prima facie case or any additional evidence of discrimination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).