The student at the centre of the racial-profiling claims levelled at Barneys New York has been awarded $45,000 from the New York Police Department.
Trayon Christian - who was an engineering student at the New York City College of Technology at the time of the incident in April 2013 - filed a lawsuit against the department store and the city state department claiming that they detained him on suspicion of theft because he is black, reports the New York Daily News. He had, in fact, legitimately bought the item in question - a $349 Salvatore Ferragamo belt.
At the time, Jay Z ensured the incident hit international headlines by publically addressing the issue as he was involved in a collaboration with Barneys at the time. In August 2014 Barneys was ordered to pay $525,000 in fees and penalties for its part in the the racial profiling cases that were brought against it. The latest payout to Christian, nearly three years after the event, brings the case to a close.
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