You might have thought the saga of the ‘unvaxxed’ meet-up that was initially set to take place at Denver’s Recess Beer Garden before being barred due to “escalating safety concerns” and policy violations was over when the group behind the event, Unjected, announced that the event would take place at The Grizzly Rose instead. That’s not the case.

According to a report from Westword, Unjected’s founder has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Recess Beer Garden for not allowing the group to hold their singles mixer at the establishment. Per Westword, Unjected founder Shelby Hosana is suing Recess and its ownership group for more than $4 million each.

In that lawsuit, the claim is made that Recess’ decision to block the event from taking place was due to pressure from “third parties,” ultimately leading to the business posting what the lawsuit describes as a “false and defamatory statement” resulting in financial harm to Unjected.

When the Unjected event was announced, Recess quickly noted that their business “did not organize, sponsor, authorize, or book” the event, which was described as a gathering for those opposed to vaccinations (per the Unjected website, Unjected doesn’t support vaccinations of any kind, but its app is specifically tailored for those related to COVID-19). A following post from Recess stated “over the past 24 hours, we have seen increasingly hostile rhetoric surrounding this situation, including hateful language, online attacks, threats toward our business and harassment directed at our staff who had no involvement in this event. Due to escalating hostility and safety concerns surrounding this situation, and the lack of compliance from event organizers, this advertised event will not take place at Recess Beer Garden.”

Recess’ post related to the cancelation of the event continued to state: “we maintain a strict non-discrimination policy for both our staff and our guests, and we do not condone state speech, harassment, bullying or violence of any kind.”

The online community was loud with opinions about the event, as well as its cancelation, with numerous people chiming in on Recess’ review pages. As of June 1, an “unusual activity alert” remained active on the Recess Yelp page, though most of the negative reviews published to the page amid the controversy around the aforementioned event appear to have been removed.

Find the full in-depth reporting on this topic from Westword here.

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