SEINFELD - COMEDY CLUB BOSSES DEMAND RICHARDS PAY UP

COMEDY CLUB BOSSES DEMAND RICHARDS PAY UP

Bosses at the Los Angeles comedy club where former SEINFELD star MICHAEL RICHARDS shocked fans with a racist rant have demanded the comedian pay $1 million (GBP555,500) to charity for every one of the 'N' words he used on stage. Richards has been banned from The Laugh Factory for repeatedly calling two African-American hecklers "n**gers" during a foul-mouthed rant onstage there earlier this month (17NOV06). The comedy club bosses now want him to pay for his ill-advised remarks. The comedian has publicly apologised for his comments and appeared on African-American civil rights leader REV JESSE JACKSON's radio show KEEP HOPE ALIVE on Sunday (26NOV06) in an effort to make amends. But, according to US TV news show THE INSIDER, The Laugh Factory owners, who have now banned the 'N' word from the venue, want Richards to pay $6 million (GBP3.3 million) to charity for the six derogatory words he used on their stage. Richards, who claims to be seeing a psychiatrist in an effort to control his rage problems, is hoping to meet with the two African-Americans he racially abused from The Laugh Factory stage.