A group of clowns filed a lawsuit to former employer Clowns.com for labor law violations, according to recently filed court records.
Four people (Brayan Angulo, Cameron Pille, Janina Salorio and Xander Black) filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that Adolph Rodriguez and Erica Barbuto, owners of Clowns.com and their former bosses, falsely labeled them as freelancers for years to have less earnings. 
The Long Island-based company, which provides entertainers for events, allegedly violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law, the lawsuit alleges.
The owners of Clowns.com failed to provide employees with detailed pay statements, as required by New York law, the lawsuit alleges.
"As a result, the plaintiffs did not know exactly how their weekly earnings were calculated and were thus deprived of information that could be used to challenge and prevent the theft of their wages," the lawsuit states.
Clowns were not paid for time "spent storing, assembling and loading equipment and supplies into vehicles", or for being off-site, or when parties went on longer than expected.
