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Trendy SoHo Club Slapped with $1B Race Lawsuit

By Jim Scott | October 16, 2009 1:06pm | Updated on October 16, 2009 1:05pm
Two people dance at the nightclub Greenhouse in SoHo.
Two people dance at the nightclub Greenhouse in SoHo.
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Two Bronx woman were allegedly turned away from a SoHo nightclub because they were black and now they want $1 billion for their troubles, according to a published report.

Kashan Robinson and Maria Sicard said they were barred from entering a Teri Woods book party at Greenhouse, on Varick Street, because of their race, according to court papers obtained by the New York Post.

Club officials had agreed to host the party for the author of "True to the Game," but changed course when most of the guests turned out to be African-American, according to the class-action lawsuit.

The suit claims white patrons were "allowed entry into the uncrowded club" while Robinson, Sicard and about 100 other African-Americans on the guest list were kept waiting outside.