VENTURA, Calif. – from www.courthousenews.com – – Three members of the Los Angeles Temptation say the Lingerie Football League owes them thousands of dollars in wages, overtime and bonuses for winning the 2010 Lingerie Bowl.

The players claim the League paid less than California’s $8 an hour minimum wage, stiffed them for overtime, and didn’t itemize deductions on their paychecks.

Jennifer Delarosa, Coryn Salazar and Nicolle Bate sued the Lingerie Football League in Ventura County Court.

Bate and Delarosa say they weren’t paid their share of a $100,000 bonus for winning the Lingerie Bowl Championship Game in Florida and were never reimbursed for their airfare.

The players demand more than $38,000 for unpaid wages, airfare and bonuses, plus penalties and interest. They are represented by Michael Strauss.

Lingerie Football began in 2004 as a pay-per-view event broadcast during halftime of the Super Bowl. It features women playing full contact football in uniforms of “matching lace-trimmed bras, panties and garters, with the players’ numbers sewn over the left bra cups,” according to ESPN.

The League held its inaugural season in 2009, with 10 teams competing in a 20-week season.