Five More Former N.F.L. Cheerleaders File Suit, Claiming Mistreatment

The lawyer Gloria Allred, with five plaintiffs behind her, held up a shirt on Friday that showed the wage that the cheerleaders were supposed to receive.HOUSTON — Five former N.F.L. cheerleaders sued the Houston Texans on Friday, claiming the team failed to fully compensate them as required by law and subjected them to a hostile work environment in which they were harassed and intimidated.

The lawsuit, filed in a federal court here, accuses the franchise of paying the women less than the $7.25 per hour they were promised, not compensating them for making public appearances or performing other tasks related to their jobs, and creating a workplace where the women were threatened with being…