Every bride wants her "special day" to be flawless. But one woman's wedding reception went so badly she's threatening to sue.
Laura Sanchez told WBRC in Alabama that her reception at The Cedars Club in Birmingham was unacceptable.
“I thought it was going to be the most perfect day of my life until about 7:30 pm,” she told WBRC.
First, the event was interrupted by the staff saying that the DJ was plugged into the wrong power box. Then she was reprimanded for not having enough police officers to cover her guests. Finally, the president of the club shut the reception down.
“And at that moment, the president of the Cedars Club and her granddaughter walked into my reception and said, 'This gotta stop--everyone got to go,’” Sanchez recalled. She explained that despite paying for the adequate officers and having the DJ comply, the club disrespected her.
“My guests said one of the ladies said, ‘There are too many Mexicans in here and we can get them deported,’” she said.
A video of Sanchez's encounter with the club president has since gone viral.
Club rental manager Tori Toner said that the guests violated the contract and never fixed mistakes. She said that they had no choice but to end the party. Toner further said none of her staff made racist comments and blamed Sanchez's family for being racist and physically attacking her staff.
After "nasty voicemails" left on her phone, Toner said she intends to file a police report. Sanchez, however, has already filed a lawsuit against the business.
“The ultimate thing I'd like to see is the place be shut down and not be able to rent again,” she said. “I just want them to go out of business.”
The video has spread so far that it's prompted many to leave reviews on Google and Wedding Wire.
"This place needs new management. Very poorly ran. To interrupt a reception right in the middle of it is probably the most unprofessional thing a venue owner can do," wrote Braden Kober.
"As a business owner, but most importantly as a human being, you do not treat people that way in one of the most important days in the person's life," Carmen Torres also wrote.
You can see the video from Sanchez's family below:
