Ex-Waitress Sues Popular College Bar Over New, Skimpy Mini-Skirt Dress Code

A former waitress is suing the owners of a popular college sports bar in Los Angeles, claiming she was fired after complaining about the skimpy new employee dress code.

According to KCBS-TV, Courtney Scaramella, 23, particularly objected to a school girl-style mini-skirt held together by just a strip of Velcro -- and the fans she said managers at O'Hara's Pub placed on the floor to blow waitresses' skirts up in the air.

"I was appalled, I was offended, I kind of hoped it was a joke," Scaramella told KNBC-TV. "They had a couple of ideas and this was one of them that they thought would increase foot traffic or something like that."

O'Hara's -- described as the "quintessential college bar with terrible service" by one Yelp reviewer -- is located just off UCLA's campus. Scaramella had worked there since 2007, according to the Daily Bruin, which first reported on the lawsuit.

According to the Bruin, Scaramella also objected to one of the bar's co-owners allegedly requiring bartenders to rate female customers on their attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 10 and award the winners with free shots of liquor.

Her suit claims she submitted a formal complaint to her manager about the dress code. Management dropped the skirt requirement -- but Scaramella said her hours were also cut and she was eventually terminated altogether. According to KNBC, she's suing for sexual harassment, wrongful termination and unpaid wages.

An attorney for O'Hara's owners strongly denied Scaramella's allegations to KCBS.

“She was not fired, she quit,” attorney Roger H. Licht said. “They plan on fighting this all the way to the end to prove that the claims are baseless.”

Licht said the owners have no plans to offer Scaramella a settlement.