The Washington state attorney general has sued the owner of four King and Snohomish County bikini barista coffee stands over alleged sexual harassment of female employees and labor law violations.

Attorney General Nick Brown filed a complaint in King County Superior Court on Tuesday against Jonathan Tagle, the owner of Paradise Espresso coffee stands in Tukwila, Monroe, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace.

“Bikini barista” coffee stands employ women who serve coffee to a largely male customer base while dressed in bikinis, lingerie or other clothing.

The state alleges Tagle required them to do sexual acts for him in order to be hired, keep their jobs or get job positions. Since 2012, the state said, he requested sexual favors of the employees, touched them without permission, made sexual com

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