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Did you hear about the $1 billion lawsuit filed against Greenhouse last week because the club allegedly denied entrance to a group of black partygoers? It turns out the crowd had turned up at the Soho club to attend a book party for Teri Woods, "a pioneer of the enormously successful urban or hip-hop fiction genre," and the author of the newly-released novel, Alibi.

Woods says the club ruined "her moment" when they turned away some of the 175 people she'd invited to the party. But she also admits that the club could have blocked her friends from getting in because they were fat, not because they were black.

Either way, Woods should make out nicely. While it's unlikely the group will walk away with the $1 billion judgment it's currently seeking, the publicity over the lawsuit is boosting sales of Woods' new book, which has taken a nice little leap on Amazon.com today.

Blacks slap SoHo club Greenhouse with $1B bias suit [NYDN]
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