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In January 2022, Taryn Baldwin was excited to start her personal training career at TMPL Lexington, a 24,000-square-foot gym and spa in Midtown Manhattan.
For the first few months at the flagship location, the 29-year-old excelled professionally. A lawsuit filed this month said Baldwin was regularly named among the top five trainers at the gym and was once recognized as one of the best female instructors at the company, which has five locations across the country.
But about four months in, her dream job allegedly became a nightmare. That’s when, she says, she met Patrick Walsh, the gym’s 47-year-old CEO and reportedly the third largest investor in former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social.