Henrietta Hudson, one of the oldest gay bars in the US, has filed a$ 40 million complaint against Anne Marie Siroun Bompart, whom they describe as an’ unhappy woke’ advocate. The club is alleged to be prejudiced by Bompart, which the club statements has caused significant damage to its popularity and business.
The Manhattan Supreme Court complaint claims Bompart, who describes herself as half Middle Eastern but ‘ white-presenting,’ accused the table of being’ quite racist’ and’ aggressive’ toward people of color.
At least 20 parties and DJs, some of whom had cancelled planned activities at the table, received these accusations via social media and personal messages.
The bar’s founder, Lisa Cannistraci, said while talking to The Post” My reputation is something that was built over decades and decades, and I ca n’t allow — no matter how sick somebody is — I just ca n’t allow this to just go on and on”.
After being banned from another West Village gay bar, Cubbyhole previously in the year, Bompart started ranting on social media.
According to Henrietta Hudson’s activities director, Hutch Hutchinson, Bompart had sent over 100 messages to Cubbyhole and reportedly threatened its control. Both restaurants briefly banned her as a result of this behavior.
In response to these restrictions, Bompart launched a social media campaign accusing both plates of racial discrimination, citing specific situations, including a Black gay who claimed she was banned for no reason and a Yemeni buddy who was reportedly shoved and had her ID taken apart.
Bompart added that the bar carefully aims to keep a clientele that is primarily light.
Bompart even mocked the cease-and-desist email sent by Cannistraci’s attorney, Thomas Shanahan. In an email to Thomas Shanahan, Bompart wrote that his text constituted “racist abuse” and that she was planning on filing a police report.
” My mom is a lawyer btw so I do n’t really care, go ahead and sue LMFAO”, another message to Shanahan read.
Shanahan criticized Bompart’s social media strategies, saying that” a business that has contributed to the community for 33 years actually may be damaged by any kind of lurid, harmful articles that could go viral.”
Bompart, however, has indicated she may reflect herself in judge, stating she has all the time in the world to fight the complaint as she is unemployed.
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