Monday 13 June 2022 06:43 PM Magaluf girls trip: BBC's Angels of the North trip descended into a drunken ... trends now
A BBC reality TV star who took her salon's hairdressers on a trip to Spain ended in 'disaster' after it descended into a drunken punch up between three of the women, an employment tribunal heard.
Sammyjo Pearson, 34, of BBC 3 series Angels of the North took her staff from Gateshead on what is alleged to have been an alcohol-fuelled 'girls go to Magaluf' party holiday.
One of her hairdressers - Jemma Rowe - was held responsible for a fight that broke out and suspended by the salon owner for gross misconduct.
It is alleged by owner Ms Pearson that when her mother Bev Pearson - who is also the salon manager - tried to break up the fight she had her hair pulled.
After facing disciplinary proceedings, Ms Rowe - who did not appear in the BBC series - resigned and then took her employer, Ms Pearson's Longlox Hair Extensions, to an employment tribunal.
Her case for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal - which had its decision published today - was thrown out by the judge.
Sammyjo Pearson (pictured) of BBC 3 series Angels of the North took her staff from Gateshead on what is alleged to have been an alcohol-fuelled 'girls go to Magaluf' party holiday
It is alleged by owner Ms Pearson that when her mother Bev Pearson (pictured) - who is also the salon manager - tried to break up the fight she had her hair pulled
The Gatehead business has been at the heart of the BBC 3 series - which claims to involve 'Big hair, big style, big personalities' - since 2019.
The show revolves around owner Ms Pearson and her staff, documenting the dramas within the Tyneside salon and the stylists' lives 'after hours'.
And has turned the salon owner and her mother into reality TV stars who have been pictured with Channel 4's Gogglebox celebrities and television, radio presenter and DJ Maya Jama.
The tribunal heard Miss Rowe joined Longlox in April 2015 as a hairdresser, but quit before recording of the reality TV show began.
The hearing was told she was regarded as 'volatile and loud' but that for the first four years of her employment her personality was 'tolerated'.
However, in 2019 salon manager Bev Pearson began to suspect her of misconduct so as well as filming the salon staff room, the tribunal heard, so she secretly began recording what was being said as well.
The panel heard that in April of that year Ms Rowe had asked a colleague in the staff room to help her to inject a substance into her stomach - which she said was a tanning solution.
After facing disciplinary proceedings, Ms Rowe resigned and then took her employer, Ms Pearson's Longlox Hair Extensions (pictured), to an employment tribunal
It is alleged by owner Ms Pearson that when her mother Bev Pearson - who is also the salon manager - tried to break up the fight she had her hair pulled in Magaluf (pictured)
However, when she was caught doing this on CCTV by Mrs
