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Paris Venue Responds to Serena Williams for Claiming She Was Denied Access to Its Rooftop Bar

The tennis pro accused The Peninsula of denying her and her family access into the venue.

Image Credit: Xinhua News Agency via Getty Ima Serena Williams accused a Paris hotel and restaurant of denying her and her family access into its venue. The 42-year-old tennis pro tweeted directly to The Peninsula Paris on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday, August 5, “Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in an empty restaurant of nicer places, but never with my kids. “In response to Mrs. Williams’ tweet, for whom we have the utmost admiration and respect, as we do for all our esteemed guests, we can only reiterate our deepest apologies for her perception of tonight’s situation,” The Peninsula responded in a statement, obtained by Us Weekly.

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