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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502589.html
By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 16, 2008; Page B03
Comedian and actress Sheryl Underwood showed up with an entourage yesterday at D.C. Superior Court -- but it was hardly a laughing matter.
The comedian, a regular on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner radio show, came to court to make her claim to the presidency of Zeta Phi Beta, a sorority with about 100,000 members. A challenger has filed a lawsuit trying to strip Underwood of the title.
Underwood, of West Hollywood, was elected president July 2 at the sorority's Las Vegas convention. But Kim Sawyer, a certified project manager from Bowie, and her supporters argued that the comedian did not receive enough votes to prevail. During a subsequent runoff election, Sawyer obtained the majority of the votes, and she wants those results recognized.
Sawyer filed suit against the sorority and Underwood. The case was filed in the District because the sorority was founded on the campus of Howard University in 1920 and is incorporated in the city.
By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 16, 2008; Page B03
Comedian and actress Sheryl Underwood showed up with an entourage yesterday at D.C. Superior Court -- but it was hardly a laughing matter.
The comedian, a regular on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner radio show, came to court to make her claim to the presidency of Zeta Phi Beta, a sorority with about 100,000 members. A challenger has filed a lawsuit trying to strip Underwood of the title.
Underwood, of West Hollywood, was elected president July 2 at the sorority's Las Vegas convention. But Kim Sawyer, a certified project manager from Bowie, and her supporters argued that the comedian did not receive enough votes to prevail. During a subsequent runoff election, Sawyer obtained the majority of the votes, and she wants those results recognized.
Sawyer filed suit against the sorority and Underwood. The case was filed in the District because the sorority was founded on the campus of Howard University in 1920 and is incorporated in the city.
