A star-studded Midtown nightclub blasted music so loud that it caused a VIP hostess serious hearing loss, a new lawsuit states.
Margaret Clemente claims Lavo's thunderous dance music made her nearly deaf in one ear — rendering her unemployable — after bosses ignored repeated complaints about the noise.
"When I talk to people, it sounds like mumbling. I really struggle to hear," Clemente told The Post.
The aspiring actress said honchos at the hot spot — which has hosted such celebrities as Leonardo DiCaprio, Heidi Klum and Paris Hilton — pressured her to leave when she reported the disability.
NY Post: Chad Rachman
IT'S A 'BLAST':Margaret Clemente (above) says Lavo (below) is way too loud.
She said it's now hard to find a job in the noisy nightlife business.
"I'm depressed. It's been daunting. I'm stressed out and distraught," said Clemente, who worked at the club for two years and earned $42 an hour plus $500 in nightly tips.
The suit claims Lavo management refused to provide hearing aides to workers after complaints from Clemente and other staffers. In July, a newspaper exposed the club's "dangerously high decibel levels," prompting owners to provide earplugs, the suit notes.
But even then, nightclub owners only provided cheap foam earplugs — while treating themselves to high-end, custom-made ones, according to the suit.
Clemente said it got harder and harder to communicate on the job, using her work-mandated radio earpiece, which helped her alert fellow staffers about A-list clients.
She soon went to an audiologist, who confirmed she had "extreme difficulty hearing," court papers state.
But when she asked her bosses to be moved to a less noisy section of the club — or to work outside, at the door — her requests fell on deaf ears, she said.
"Things got ugly. They were no longer willing to keep me on," she said.
In September, her bosses began "acting out against [her] due to her recently diagnosed disability," the lawsuit states. Clemente eventually stopped working there.
The complaint comes after a New York Times investigation last summer exposed the club for thumping music at 96 decibels — comparable to a power mower, which caused workers headaches.
Employers are required to provide workers with ear protection when exposing them to noise at that level for 3 1/2 hours or more.
Lavo management did not return calls seeking comment.
Attorneys Matthew Blit and Russell Moriarty filed the lawsuit last night in Manhattan.
It notes that Clemente, who began working at Lavo in October 2010, was "a highly successful employee regularly receiving praise from management."
jamie.schram@nypost.com
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