The day after the Free Press published a report on a federal employment-discrimination lawsuit filed against the Kid Rock restaurant in Detroit, the music star's verified Twitter account posted:

"Re: Detroit Free Press.... More bad journalism. Another attempt to get cheap clicks and views. Only minor investigating instead of immediate reporting would reveal the correct facts. -Kid Rock"

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of a former bartender who claims she was fired because of her skin color and for wearing "her hair natural, in a curly afro" instead of straight like her white co-workers, according to the complaint.

Before publishing the article Thursday, the Free Press emailed a publicist for Kid Rock's management company; phoned Kid Rock's Made in Detroit company, which is Bobby Moscow LLC, one of the defendants named in the lawsuit; and emailed Delaware North Companies, also a defendant and the hospitality company operating Kid Rock's Made in Detroit restaurant at Little Caesars Arena.

Only Delaware North responded. The company issued a brief statement: “We are aware of the complaint and are investigating."

On Friday, the Free Press reached out to the same sources again. Again Delaware North responded, saying it is "the sole operator of Kid Rock’s Made in Detroit restaurant. Kid Rock has no part of the day-to-day operations, including decisions regarding employees. We are aware of the complaint and will address this matter in a court of law.”

Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, is not named in the lawsuit as a defendant.

The lawsuit complaint calls the restaurant Kid Rock's Made in America, but the address it lists is for Kid Rock's Made in Detroit restaurant. The plaintiff's attorneys, Anthony Paris and John Philo, didn't respond to Free Press requests for comment Thursday or Friday.

But attorney Jack Schulz, who is also representing the plaintiff, Carinne Silverman-Maddox, in the suit, told Yahoo:

“Ms. Silverman-Maddox, and the current/former coworkers who have come forward in her support, eagerly await Kid Rock’s side of the story. However, the allegations contained within the complaint were diligently researched and confirmed prior to the filing of the lawsuit.”

Schulz continued, “I implore Kid Rock to investigate the unequal treatment occurring within a business bearing his name rather than targeting the press for doing its job. I would imagine he has the ability to actually compel positive change internally," according to Yahoo.

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