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Denver landlord who wouldn't lease to Muslim pair must pay $675,000
Source: Associated Press
Landlord who wouldn't lease to Muslim pair must pay $675,000
KATHLEEN FOODY
,Associated Press•May 3, 2019
DENVER (AP) — A Denver landlord who was recorded telling her tenant to find an "American person ... good like you and me" to sublease her property instead of a Muslim father and son seeking to open their second restaurant must pay the men $675,000 under a settlement.
The three men sued last year, generating local news coverage and online pleas to boycott the woman's business, which mirrored the response to racist comments captured on tape or video across the U.S. in recent months. Public attention soon faded, and attorneys said they were headed for trial until the night before jury selection was set to begin in Denver.
The parties finalized the settlement in April. Rashad Khan said it was a relief after more than a year of reliving his first experience of someone refusing to work with him and his father, Zuned, because of their faith and race.
"My dad and I just wanted to know that there's justice, that she can't do this," said Khan, 36.
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KATHLEEN FOODY
,Associated Press•May 3, 2019
DENVER (AP) — A Denver landlord who was recorded telling her tenant to find an "American person ... good like you and me" to sublease her property instead of a Muslim father and son seeking to open their second restaurant must pay the men $675,000 under a settlement.
The three men sued last year, generating local news coverage and online pleas to boycott the woman's business, which mirrored the response to racist comments captured on tape or video across the U.S. in recent months. Public attention soon faded, and attorneys said they were headed for trial until the night before jury selection was set to begin in Denver.
The parties finalized the settlement in April. Rashad Khan said it was a relief after more than a year of reliving his first experience of someone refusing to work with him and his father, Zuned, because of their faith and race.
"My dad and I just wanted to know that there's justice, that she can't do this," said Khan, 36.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/landlord-refused-rent-muslim-men-settles-lawsuit-043336892--finance.html