LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three former employees of Wet Seal Inc. have filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the teen clothing store operator, claiming management set out to fire African-American employees because they didn’t fit the retailer’s “brand image.”

The complaint was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California and seeks class-action status.

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