Strip club charges women more, woman sues
samsung1
Ohio
A Maryland woman is so upset that she had to pay more to get into a strip club than her husband...that she is suing the establishment.
Ericka Wiggs says she and her husband went to the Mile High Club in Clinton, Maryland back in February to "wind down". She was shocked when she was asked to pay $20 to get in when her husband was only asked to pay $10.
She paid the cover charge on her credit card...but eventually got so mad about the difference in the admission price that after one drink she left and went home...but not before snapping a cell phone picture of a sign at the front door that reads "Gentlemen $10, Ladies $20".
Her attorney, Jimmy Bell, told the Washington Examiner she was so upset by the incident that "She couldn't do anything else that night."
Wiggs is seeking $200,000 in damages and is also asking a judge to immediately end the strip club's practice of charging women more than men.
Bell told the Examiner "We can't wait for them to try to explain their policy at the injunction hearing," adding "There is no possible way that a judge will rule in their favor based on these facts and under the laws of Maryland and Prince George's County."
Before we judge...know that the lawsuit cites two cases in Maryland that may apply.
Attorney Jimmy Bell says that In 1995, Tully's restaurant in Baltimore was ordered to end its ladies' night promotion that charged men full prices for drinks and women half price.
And, In 1986, a Prince George's County delicatessen changed its ladies' night after a customer complained, and responded with a "Skirt and Gown Night" in which customers who wore dresses or skirts were given half off on meals. A court of special appeals ruled that "Skirt and Gown Night" was discriminatory.
http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/stor…
Ericka Wiggs says she and her husband went to the Mile High Club in Clinton, Maryland back in February to "wind down". She was shocked when she was asked to pay $20 to get in when her husband was only asked to pay $10.
She paid the cover charge on her credit card...but eventually got so mad about the difference in the admission price that after one drink she left and went home...but not before snapping a cell phone picture of a sign at the front door that reads "Gentlemen $10, Ladies $20".
Her attorney, Jimmy Bell, told the Washington Examiner she was so upset by the incident that "She couldn't do anything else that night."
Wiggs is seeking $200,000 in damages and is also asking a judge to immediately end the strip club's practice of charging women more than men.
Bell told the Examiner "We can't wait for them to try to explain their policy at the injunction hearing," adding "There is no possible way that a judge will rule in their favor based on these facts and under the laws of Maryland and Prince George's County."
Before we judge...know that the lawsuit cites two cases in Maryland that may apply.
Attorney Jimmy Bell says that In 1995, Tully's restaurant in Baltimore was ordered to end its ladies' night promotion that charged men full prices for drinks and women half price.
And, In 1986, a Prince George's County delicatessen changed its ladies' night after a customer complained, and responded with a "Skirt and Gown Night" in which customers who wore dresses or skirts were given half off on meals. A court of special appeals ruled that "Skirt and Gown Night" was discriminatory.
http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/stor…
17 comments
Besides - any woman who were to become a well-spending regular at this club would probably wind up getting in for free, as many comped regulars do after awhile.
I didn't say it was legal or would stand up in court - I just said I disagreed with it.
If you're interested in these cases, you should check out the NYC lawyer Roy Den Hollender, he has been in the news a lot for fighting against ladies night promotions. And it's an entertaining site :) http://www.roydenhollander.com/
"Females entering the club might be prostitutes."
"It's a sexually oriented business. I hire heterosexual dancers interested in men. I can't change the sexual orientation of my employees and require them to be homosexual."
As a lawyer, I'd lean hard into that last one, drawing analogies to gay men being required to do things they are uncomfortable with-then going on, asking the jury if they were comfortable if their grown children would be comfortable being required to act in opposition to their sexual orientation.
She also could have chosen not to patronize the establishment as well. I'm sure there were other places she could have gone and paid the same cover as her husband.