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https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/fresno-grizzlies-sued-ladies-night-mens-rights-19444333.phpThe head of a national mens rights group is suing a California minor league baseball team because of its Ladies Night promotion.
The current and former owners of the Fresno Grizzlies, who play in the Single-A California League, are being sued in federal court for allegedly committing gender discrimination by giving free tickets to women as part of a promotion last May. The Fresno Bee reported that the plaintiffs are seeking $5 million in damage in the class-action suit.
Plaintiff Harry Crouch is the president of the National Coalition for Men, which says on its website that it is a nonprofit that raises awareness about the ways sex discrimination affects men and boys. The lawsuit states that Crouch and co-plaintiff Christine Johnson attended the game together, with Crouch having to pay $18 while Johnson entered the game for free.
Because of that difference in price, the plaintiffs allege the Grizzlies have violated Californias Unruh Civil Rights Act, which protects people from being discriminated against by business establishments because of their age, ancestry, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
The plaintiffs have hired San Diego lawyer Alfred Rava, who once sued the Oakland As over a Mothers Day promotion in 2004 and reached a settlement for what the East Bay Times reported was more than $500,000 for men who attended the game. Rava has been a part of a number of other lawsuits against businesses that ran similar promotions; he told San Diego television station KSND-TV in 2018 that he had been involved in about 300 cases involving the Unruh Act at that time.
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Men's rights leader reportedly seeking $5M in suit over free tickets for women (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
May 7
OP
it's a setup by a lawyer... like the ones that send disabled people into restaurants
BlueWaveNeverEnd
May 8
#8
ProfessorGAC
(65,808 posts)1. I Predict It Goes Nowhere
Civil rights laws are intended to address systemic problems.
A one night promotion is not indicative of a system issue.
Happy Hoosier
(7,547 posts)2. Harry Crouch, eh?
Seems like almost a parody name.
getagrip_already
(15,238 posts)3. She is suing for getting in for free?
Together they got a $9 discount.
I don't see the harm to either her individually or them as a couple.
And he wasn't charged anything extra as an individual.
Is he going to sue the park because of over 65 or under 12 for getting discounts he isn't entitled to?
Sounds like an entitled jerk.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,368 posts)8. it's a setup by a lawyer... like the ones that send disabled people into restaurants
they (they attorney) make money from low settlement amounts from lot of businesses. the plaintiffs get a cut of the $$.
Timeflyer
(2,120 posts)4. He found an actual woman who'd go somewhere in public with him?
Oh, wait, she's co-plaintiff. Money, fame--got it.
Walleye
(31,336 posts)5. It's only the sound of the low party of butt hurt boys
Elessar Zappa
(14,220 posts)6. Boo hoo
Iggo
(47,672 posts)7. And they wonder why they can't get laid.