Singer sues hospital, says employees thought he was mentally ailing and wasn’t member of 4 Tops

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The lead singer of the 4 Tops stated a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological examination after refusing to consider that he was a part of the Motown music group.

Alexander Morris, who’s Black, filed a lawsuit Monday in opposition to Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, alleging racial discrimination and different misconduct throughout an April 2023 go to for chest ache and respiration issues.

Hospital employees “wrongfully assumed he was mentally ailing when he revealed his identification as a celeb determine,” the lawsuit says.

The 4 Tops began within the Nineteen Fifties and had hits akin to “I Can’t Assist Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)″ and “It is The Identical Outdated Tune.” The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 1990.

Morris isn’t an unique member, however he joined the group in 2019.

The lawsuit says a nurse lastly believed Morris was within the 4 Tops and the psychological examination was canceled.

The hospital provided a $25 present card as an apology, however Morris refused to just accept it, the lawsuit says.

“We stay dedicated to honoring human dignity and performing with integrity and compassion for all individuals and the neighborhood,” the hospital stated in response to the lawsuit. “We don’t condone racial discrimination of any sort. We won’t touch upon pending litigation.”

Morris talked publicly in regards to the incident final yr, saying he had returned to Detroit, his hometown, and was “being informed that I’m insane or schizophrenic.”