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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

TWO MORE BLACK WOMEN SUE MSG



In the wake of Anucha Browne Sanders' successful sexual harassment lawsuit against New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden, two more black women have filed suit against MSG alleging discrimination.

Diane Henson and a second, unnamed woman, claim they were denied advancement while young white interns who slept with managers were promoted, reports the New York Post.

“It’s definitely a boys club there,” Henson told the newspaper.

Regarding the interns, who were in their 20s, she said they had "open affairs with managers" and were quickly promoted.

Henson, who worked at MSG for 11 years, told the Post she was forced to resign this summer after voicing complaints about the unfair treatment of blacks and women. They point the blame at MSG boss James Dolan.

"We were told, 'Don't look at him. You'll get fired,'" Henson told the Post.

Meanwhile, another ex-MSG employee, Ranger City Skaters captain Courtney Prince, is also moving forward with a sexual-harassment suit against the Garden. Henson told the Post that she received regular raises during her first nine years there, but things changed when new vice president of event operations, Kirk Randazzo, took over in 2005.

"I didn't seem to get the same opportunities everyone else got," Henson told the Post.

"It's because we're women and we're black," said the second woman, who is in her 50s and who worked at the Garden for five years.

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