Sunday, July 28, 2013

Borgata Babes Lose Lawsuit: Waitresses Can Be Fired For Gaining Weight, Judge Rules

Casino waitresses are effectively "sex objects" and can be fired for putting on too much weight, according to a ruling last week by an Atlantic County Superior Court judge in New Jersey.

Superior Court Judge Nelson Johnson's decision ended the legal battle between popular Atlantic City casino the Borgata and a group of 22 former cocktail servers known collectively as "Borgata Babes."

The 22 Babes filed suit against the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa alleging weight discrimination, according to the Los Angeles Times. The women specifically targeted a casino policy that prohibited "Borgata Babes" from gaining more than 7 percent of their original body weight.

The Press of Atlantic City reports that in court documents, the Babes claimed that the stringent guidelines sometimes forced drastic measures. Waitresses were even told to take laxatives before to mandatory weigh-ins or stop taking prescription medications, according to the site.

In his ruling against the "Babes," however, Judge Johnson said the Borgata guidelines were fair, and that all women knew what they were getting into when they accepted positions in the casino's selective program.

“The Borgata Babe program has a sufficient level of trapping and adornments to render its participants akin to ‘sex objects’ to the Borgata’s patrons," Johnson wrote, according to the Press of Atlantic City. "Nevertheless, for the individual labeled a babe to become a sex object requires that person’s participation.” 

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