The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a federal district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association by Kjersti Flaa and Rosa Gamazo Robbins.

In 2020, the two journalists sued the organization behind the Golden Globes over its membership policies after they were not accepted.

Flaa, a Norwegian journalist based in L.A., filed suit after she was denied admission in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Spanish journalist Gamazo Robbins, who unsuccessfully applied in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, was later added as a plaintiff. They appealed the ruling after most of the original complaint was dismissed in Nov. 2020.

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TheWrap reported that in 2021, Flaa asked for 1.6 million in damages. Gamazo Robbins requested a settlement of 700,000 plus 200,000.

Both were among a group of 14 journalists who signed an open letter calling for the HFPA to be...