Celebrity Fitness Trainer Mario Godiva Sues Equinox for Alleged Retaliation, Discrimination, and Wrongful Termination

A well-known health expert and coach has sued Equinox, alleging the luxury fitness company failed to protect him from racist comments made by gym members and that managers retaliated against him after he took medical leave and made repeated whistleblower complaints.

Mario Godiva Green – better known as simply Mario Godiva – filed the suit on Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court alleging the retaliation and that he “was treated differently because of his race and disability” before he was wrongfully terminated from his job as a group fitness instructor at Equinox.

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