White Starbucks manager who ran store where two black men were refused access to bathroom is awarded another $2.7 million – after she was previously given $25 million when a jury found she had been fired because of her race

A white Starbucks manager who was fired after two black men were refused access to a Philadelphia store bathroom was awarded $2.7million to cover the legal fees associated with her wrongful termination lawsuit.

Shannon Phillips claimed she was used as a ‘scapegoat’ by Starbucks after she was fired when the coffee chain found itself at the centre of racial controversy when two black men were arrested on the premises of a cafe in Philadelphia in 2018.

It comes after Ms Phillips won her lawsuit against the coffee giant in June and was handed $25million in punitive damages and $600,000 in compensatory damages.