Mark Curry Racial Profiling Incident, Hotel Employees Suspended
MARK CURRY Hotel Employees Suspended ... After Racial Profiling Claims
The hotel staffers Mark Curry accused of racial profiling have been suspended from their jobs ... TMZ has learned.
As we reported, Mark claimed he was accosted by two employees over the weekend at The Mining Exchange hotel in downtown Colorado Springs ... and he posted video showing two staffers following him around.
Mark claims he left his room to go down to the lobby for some coffee when he was approached and asked if he was a hotel guest ... and in his video, he wonders out loud why other guests in the lobby aren't being asked the same questions.
A rep for The Mining Exchange tells TMZ ... "Employees involved in this matter have been suspended, pending further investigation."
Mark's video also showed him being asked for his ID by an attendant working the front desk.
Curry was in town for a comedy gig and the hotel has since apologized, offering to comp Mark for his stay and offering him a free visit in the future. The hotel has also said it will be retraining staff in the wake of the incident.
