Nightclub to End ‘Skirt Night’ and Similar Offers

A popular Hollywood nightclub has agreed to end its “skirt night” and all other promotions designed to let women in for free as part of an out-of-court settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit.

The suit was filed by two men and a woman who said it was unfair and illegal to allow women in skirts into the Florentine Gardens nightclub for free on certain nights while forcing men and women without skirts to pay a cover charge.

Under terms of the settlement made public last week, the club agreed to stop all promotions, policies and practices based on sex and promised to offer no sex-based discounts. It also agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement to the three plaintiffs.

In exchange, plaintiffs Andrew Exler of Palm Springs, Dennis Koire of Anaheim and Julie Palasco of Los Angeles agreed to drop their Superior Court lawsuit, which was set for trial next week.