Stephanie Adams' lawyer has claimed that the reason for firing Dilek Edwards may be jealousy but it's not gender discrimination.
The yoga instructed has claimed that she was fired by the Playboy Playmate for being "too cute", but the lawyer has denied the claims and added that even if it was, "that's not gender discrimination and that's not sexual harassment", the New York Daily News reported.
According to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Edwards said that she was providing yoga and massage therapy services for Adams' husband, Charles Nikolai, in April 2012 and had a "strictly cordial and professional" relationship with him.
She added that Nikolai had once warned her that his wife might get jealous of her because she was "too cute".
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