Stephanie Briest v. Knot Standard

I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

22 On September 18, 2019, Plaintiff Stephanie Briest brought this employment 23 discrimination action against Defendants Knot Standard, Knot Standard Los Angeles, 24 Knot Standard LLC, Alicynne Sher, and Liz Wendler in Los Angeles County Superior 25 Court. (Dkt. 1-1 [Complaint, hereinafter “Compl.”].) Plaintiff alleges that she was 26 constructively terminated from Knot Standard and discriminated against on account of 27 her age and Belgian ancestry. (See generally id.) According to the Complaint, after Plaintiff complained to her superiors about Knot Standard’s policy of withholding full lunch and rest breaks from its employees, the supervisors began retaliating against her. (Id. ¶ 6.) Plaintiff alleges that they began demeaning her because of her French accent and overly scrutinizing her work. (Id.) This alleged mistreatment led to Plaintiff being constructively terminated in May 2019 after she was “unable to sustain the harassment and retaliation.” (Id.) Based on these allegations, she asserts thirteen state law claims against Defendants. 8 This is the second time Defendants have removed this action to…