Trayon Christian

Trayon Christian was awarded $45,000 from the company this week. The incident happened in April 2013, when the then 19-year-old went to the Manhattan location to purchase a $348 Ferragamo belt. Barneys employees allegedly believed he bought the belt with a fraudulent credit card.

Trayon Christian won a settlement with the state of New York after being "stopped and frisked" for purchasing an expensive belt.

NEW YORK (AP) — Barneys New York says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers in its flagship Manhattan store. An internal Barneys memo sent to store security staff Tuesday said Barneys would start keeping a log of which police officers use its security room. The memo obtained by The Associated Press […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z announced Friday he’ll move forward with a planned collaboration with Barneys New York despite recent allegations of racial profiling at the luxury store, an ongoing investigation into the claims and public pressure that he back out of the deal. In a statement on his website, Jay Z said he’d […]

19-year-old Trayon Christian–the young man who was nabbed at Barneys after purchasing a $350 Salvatore Ferragamo belt. Police questioned his ability of being able to…

Jay Z has issued a statement fighting back against social media pressure for him to drop a holiday fashion line with Barneys New York amidst…