A sign in a Starbucks is displayed in New York's Times Square. -- PHOTO: AP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Starbucks is being sued for US$3 million by a tourist from Virginia who says his five-year-old daughter found a video camera hidden in the washroom of one of its Washington outlets.
Mr William Yockey, 28, accuses the Seattle-based global coffee chain of invasion of privacy, negligence, 'intentional infliction of emotional distress' and negligent hiring, training and supervision of staff.
Mr Yockey, who brought his family to the US capital in April, 'immediately reported this humiliating and disgusting matter' to the manager of the outlet, a few blocks from the White House, said a copy of his lawsuit seen on Tuesday.
Police roped off the washroom and dusted the camera - tucked inside the U-shaped drain beneath the wash basin, according to the plaintiff - for fingerprints before confiscating it as evidence, the lawsuit said.
