DC judge dismisses lawsuit by members of oldest black sorority who sought leader’s removal

Judge dismisses suit against oldest black sorority

WASHINGTON — A judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit by members of the nation’s oldest black sorority, who sought to remove their president over alleged financial misdeeds.

Superior Court Judge Natalia M. Combs Greene dismissed the lawsuit against Alpha Kappa Alpha on Monday.

Eight sorority sisters sued in June to remove the Chicago-based group’s leader, Barbara McKinzie. They claimed she had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in AKA money on herself, some of it to pay for a wax statue of herself in a Baltimore museum.

In her ruling, Combs Greene criticized the plaintiffs for making “hyperbolic allegations riddled with buzz words.”

The plaintiffs’ attorney, Edward W. Gray Jr., says his clients are considering their options.