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\n\tMonths after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump\u2019s sweeping import tariffs, Rihanna\u2019s Savage X Fenty lingerie brand is facing a class action lawsuit from customers demanding that it return \u201ctariff surcharges\u201d it allegedly tacked onto purchases.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe case, filed Friday (May 22) in federal court, argues that Savage X Fenty will be refunded for the now-voided tariffs it paid to the Trump administration, but that it seemingly has no plans to refund add-on fees it charged consumers to cover them.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\u201cSavage X stands to receive a windfall: it has already recouped tariff costs from consumers through tariff surcharges, and it now stands in line to recover those same unlawful tariff payments from the federal government,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe case was filed by a woman named Ajani Hoffert, who says Savage X Fenty tacked on a $44.04 surcharge to her April 2026 order under the label \u201cTARIFFS.\u201d Her lawyers say they want to represent \u201cmillions of consumers\u201d who potentially paid such fees.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSavage X stands to recover the same tariff payments twice \u2014 once from consumers and again from the federal government through tariff refunds,\u201d Hoffert\u2019s lawyers write. \u201cSavage X has made no legally binding commitment to return tariff-related surcharges to the consumers who actually paid them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tA rep for Savage X Fenty did not immediately return a request for comment on the lawsuit\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled in February that Trump clearly exceeded his authority when he unilaterally imposed steep new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trade partners under a decades-old emergency powers law. In the wake of that decision, the government is expected to refund more than $160 billion to companies that paid the now-invalidated tariffs.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat ruling has created a tricky problem for the many companies that passed along the tariffs to consumers, both in the form of increased prices and explicit surcharges. Amazon, Nike, Toyota, Costco, FedEx and other companies have already been hit with similar class actions, demanding a cut from any tariff refunds they receive.<\/p>\n
\n\tSavage X Fenty, founded by the superstar in 2018, is the latest company to face such a case. In it, lawyers for the consumers say the company publicly tied its new surcharge to the cost of tariffs, but set the price of the add-on fees itself.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSavage X was not merely passing through a uniform, government-imposed tariff rate, but instead exercised discretion in determining the amount charged to consumers,\u201d Hoffert\u2019s lawyers write. \u201cThis variability demonstrates that the surcharge was a pricing mechanism controlled by defendant rather than a fixed or unavoidable charge dictated solely by law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSavage X Fenty has not yet filed its counter-arguments in court. But in the earlier case against Costco, that company has argued it should be dismissed because customers \u201cfreely chose to purchase valuable products for accurately posted prices\u201d and that the company \u201cnever suggested\u201d that it might refund any portion of the purchase price.<\/p>\n
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