
Originally Posted by
Melonie
^^^ for better or worse, even if dancers are busted for offering 'extras', it's something else altogether for a DA to prove that the clubowner had actual knowledge that 'extras' were taking place, let alone to prove that the clubowner was condoning / profiting from those 'extras'. Granted that where 'employee' dancers are concerned, an 'employer' clubowner bears direct responsibility for the conduct of his 'employees'. But where independent contractor dancers are concerned, this is not the case. As long as the clubowner can successfully 'plead ignorance' about independent contractor dancers offering 'extras', there's no solid legal grounds for the club's liquor license to be 'challenged'.
Also, in the grand scheme of things, dancers legitimately busted for offering 'extras' are actually in a better position than clean dancers working in the same club being bogusly busted. The reason of course is that the much higher income level of the 'extras' girls allows them to retain 'well-connected' legal representation, whereas the bogusly busted 'clean' dancers' lower income level probably leaves them being represented by the club's attorney ( whose real interest lies in protecting the clubowner ) or a public defender ( whose real interest is non-existant ).
And even if a dancer is ( bogusly or legitimately ) found guilty of a misdemeanor 'sex crime', in real world terms there is no additional downside if the same dancer is busted for a misdemeanor 'sex crime' AGAIN in the future. This can lead to a 'revolving door' situation where clubs are raided during election season, busted dancers accept plea bargains arranged by the club's attorney, the clubowner pays fines on behalf of the dancers etc. ... with politicians and LE getting the headlines they wanted, with the court system getting the fine money they wanted, and with the dancers returning to work the following night.
Bottom line here, as was alluded to by earlier posters, is that in many areas the strip club 'market' has already evolved to the point where dancers operating 100% within the letter of the law is now a formula for a slow descent into bankruptcy for both the club and the dancers. So from the clubowner's standpoint, acceptance of the fact that ALL dancers must break the law on a nightly basis in order to generate profits is now a part of the 'new' strip club business model. Also, from LE's standpoint, clean dancers who violate a local strip club ordinance by dancing too close to a customer in order to 'sell' private dancers are technically guilty of the very same severity misdemeanor 'sex crime' as 'dirty' dancers offering actual sex for money.
In other words, for the clubowner and for LE, there is extremely little difference in legal status between a 'clean' dancer dancing too close to a customer or a 'dirty' dancer offering BJ's. Thus from the clubowners's standpoint, having a club full of 'dirty' independent contractor dancers essentially presents near zero extra risk but a whole lot of potential additional revenue for the club !!!
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