But the biggest blow came shortly after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop. With the nation rocked by protests, Lea published an Instagram post stating, “#All Lives Matter.”
“It was ill-timed, ignorant. It showed no awareness of what was going on in the country at the time,” said ex-Nyx member and lawsuit plaintiff Holly McKenney.
Lea offered an apology, but when she refused to embrace the phrase “Black Lives Matter” members defected by the hundreds. Many who had paid their dues demanded refunds.
McKenney was among them.
“We got an email that said we're working on our refund policy. And that's never happened,” she said.