Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Author Teri Woods Fam & Friends Barred From Her Book Release Party Because They Were Black ?!



Teri Moore, author of "True to the Game", "B-More Careful", and "Beat the Cross" just to name a few was the victem of alleged racism in NYC. As an aspiring unpublished author myself ( shameless plug ), I can only imagine how she felt. She's filed a $1 Billion bias lawsuit. Her suit claims the club didn't want to admit black and or fat guest.Teri, call me ! Peep the story below.

Apparently the Greenhouse has a blacklist.
On what was supposed to be a night of celebration, author Teri Woods says she and her friends and family were humiliated when a tony SoHo nightclub denied them entrance -- allegedly because they were black.

Now a $1 billion class-action racial bias lawsuit has been filed against a popular nightclub on Varick Street.

Author Teri Woods, who is black, invited 175 guests to a signing for her new book, "Alibi," at Greenhouse in Manhattan on August 6.

But Woods said the majority of her black guests were barred from entering the club. And she said a handful of her guests who were white were allowed inside.

"They left all of my friends and family standing outside," Woods told the Daily News. "I had really serious people out there: lawyers, doctors and people in the entertainment industry... I was embarrassed."

Club owner Barry Mullineaux called the allegations "bogus." He declined further comment.
Woods said she has text messages sent from Mullineaux to Woods' party promoter.
In one message, the owner allegedly said he couldn't allow "300-pound girls" in the club.

"There was nobody out there who was fat," said Woods. "And even if there was a fat person, who cares?"



From:AP

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