Billionaire L.A. family claims racism at elite Westside country club

The venerable Hillcrest Country Club, a historically Jewish organization for residents once banned from other elite L.A. social clubs, is being sued by the son of a onetime Bel-Air billionaire who alleges racial discrimination and civil rights violations. Matthew Winnick, a 42-year-old Jewish man, claims in court papers he was denied membership into the private club because his wife and their children are of 'Hispanic heritage.

According to the lawsuit, Winnick was 'alarmed, confused, embarrassed by Jason Kaplan's rude interruption' and later confronted him. Kaplan told him, 'You want to mess with me,' the lawsuit states. In April, Winnick wrote to Hillcrest's membership director 'detailing his concerns about racial discrimination' and interference with his application and said he believed he was being treated differently because of his wife's 'Hispanic descent.

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