Timberlake's Restaurant In Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit

A former manager of Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality restaurant has filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the New York City barbecue joint.

Alison McDaniel, an aspiring actress and former general manager of Southern Hospitality, claims Timberlake's business partners Eytan Sugarman and Ronnie Kaplan are guilty of "vile and discriminatory conduct."

The 29-year-old says the two men locked her in a room at the restaurant and spit on her, verbally abused her and forced her to watch pornography.

"In at least one instance, defendants Sugarman and Kaplan viewed... pornography while in a locked room with McDaniel and made fun of her when she began crying," says the lawsuit, which was filed on May 14 in Manhattan Supreme Court. She claims she was "bullied, degraded, harassed and ultimately discharged."

Timberlake and best friend Tracy Ayala are also defendants in the suit.

McDaniel was fired from the restaurant after she wrote a memo complaining about the alleged sexual harassment, but didn't file a complaint to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission before filing the suit. She worked at Southern Hospitality for a year.

No representatives from Southern Hospitality have commented on the suit.

McDaniel reportedly wasn't the only female employee to endure harassment at Timberlake’s restaurant. A hostess (who was also fired) was given the racist nickname "that ghetto girl at the door," according to court papers.

In another lawsuit filed against Southern Hospitality last November, a busboy claimed employees weren't receiving the tips they were owed and weren't paid fairly for working overtime.

Timberlake's latest project, a television series called The Phone, premiered on MTV last month.