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senatordan

This tale is true, and happened to me.&nbsp; <br />
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With Spring just around the corner, we can look forward to nature's rebirth, blooming flowers, wedding season, and that time-honoured tradition prior to weddings, bachelor and bachelorrette parties.&nbsp;<br />
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A colleague of mine has recently met the girl of his dreams, fallen under her spell, and asked her to be his wife.&nbsp; The boys decided to celebrate with a night in a &quot;party bus&quot;.&nbsp; Let's see how many mistakes we can identify in what happened on this evening.<br />
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The night started well enough.&nbsp; The bus was clean and on-time.&nbsp; The driver was fun and professional.&nbsp; We bar-hopped around downtown, played some pool, had some drinks, told some jokes.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was the start of a great night.<br />
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One of our party had reserved two dancers from a local supplier.&nbsp; We had arranged to pick them up on our bus for a few hours of entertainment.<br />
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The girls were beauties.&nbsp; One, however was completely intoxicated and had brought a full bottle of wine with her.&nbsp; The festivities commenced.&nbsp; Somehow, I wound up sitting at the back of the bus where there was a small table set up.&nbsp; The young ladies wine bottle was on this table, and she frequently came back to fill her glass.&nbsp; I was only to happy to pour for her.<br />
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As the intoxicated dancer undressed, she passed her clothes to me.&nbsp; I foolishly put her bikini top in my inside jacket pocket, as there was no place to hang the clothes.<br />
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The bachelor was shown a great time.&nbsp; The party was breaking up, and several of the party members were also reaching varying levels of intoxication.&nbsp; I got off the bus and went into a nearby bar for a nightcap.<br />
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The rest of the night was a bit of a blur, but I somehow made it home and woke up to the sound of aggressive knocking on my door.&nbsp; I was quite startled to see a pair of local police peace officers on my stoop.&nbsp; I live a generally clean life, and fancy myself a decent citizen, so I invited the police in.&nbsp; They started in with questions about the previous night.<br />
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I'll skip the dialogue and get down to brass tacks.&nbsp; The intoxicated dancer was admitted to a hospital in the middle of the night.&nbsp; She had nearly overdosed on a variety of drugs and alcohol.&nbsp; God bless the toxicology reports for showing what was in her blood so that she could be treated.&nbsp; BUT ... turns out the party bus had a closed-circuit hidden camera.&nbsp; All of the evening's shenanigans were filmed ... including scene after scene of me pouring alcohol for this young lady.&nbsp; <br />
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After a pretty aggressive round of interrogation centering on the issue of whether I had &quot;slipped something into her drinks&quot; I guess the police believed me.&nbsp; I have actually never used an illegal&nbsp;drug in my life and am fairly naive about the whole scene, and I guess this naivete shined through in my bewildered expressions and answers.<br />
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The firm that supplied the entertainers called me next and basically tried to scare me by threatening me with lawsuits if I didn't pay for the girl's hospital charges.&nbsp; I flatly refused any remuneration ... I am not unsympathetic,&nbsp; but this girl had made her own bed with the drugs and alcohol, and I certainly did not feel obligated to help with her medical bills.&nbsp; The bachelor actually came to my rescue by threatening to subpoena the videos and countersue the supplier for sexual harassing him ...&nbsp; things were spiralling out of control.<br />
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Mercifully, the whole issue blew away as quickly as it had blown up, but I was pretty jaded.<br />
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The lesson, gentlemen (or ladies) is not hard to interpret, and I won't spell it out for you line by line.&nbsp; Be smart.&nbsp; Think.&nbsp; Think long-term.&nbsp; If someone appears intoxicated, it is probably best to steer clear, even if it means the party will have to be rescheduled.<br />
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MisterGuy

Rhode Island

15 years ago

&quot;so I invited the police in.&quot;<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>NEVER</b> let the police into your home, as you are implying a <i>lot</i> of consent on your part for LE to search your residence once they are inside.&nbsp; Talk to them outside of your home, even if that means being outside in the weather or out in a hallway.&nbsp; I've refused to let LE into my home even when I knew I had nothing to hide...just on principle.&nbsp; Lazy LE activities should <u><b>NOT</b></u> be encouraged!&nbsp; Warrants are needed for most kind of searches.</span><br type="_moz" />

SuperDude

Detroit, Michigan

15 years ago

What did the contract with the party bus company say about liability?&nbsp; Get that defined up front.&nbsp; What did the contract, if any, with the service that supplied the dancers say about liability?&nbsp; Get that settled up front.&nbsp; What if she claimed rape and the&nbsp;LE you invited in found her top in your home?&nbsp; I know this sounds like I'm making a fun evening complicated, but you've got to watch out.&nbsp; In a deep recession, everyone is looking for someone to sue, trying to shake down a few extra bucks.

daveyray

15 years ago

Further, I'd probably talk to them *from inside* your home.&nbsp; Stepping outside of your home, depending on the laws in your state, can give the police officers a bit more 'wiggle room' in some circumstances, most specifically in arresting without a warrant.&nbsp; (&quot;Arrests in one's home for a felony or misdemeanor may only be made with prior judicial authorization in the form of an arrest warrant.&nbsp; (<strong><em>People v. Ramey</em></strong> (1976) 16 Cal.3^rd 263, 276; <strong><em>Payton v. New York</em></strong> (1980) 445 U.S. 573 [63 L.Ed.2^nd 639].)&quot;)&nbsp; This has been a bit watered down by subsequent decisions, however.<br />

MisterGuy

Rhode Island

15 years ago

<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Hey, if you want to willingly let LE into your house <i>without a warrant</i>, then have at it.&nbsp; If you haven't done anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about when stepping outside of your home.&nbsp; Just be respectful of the LE officers &amp; you will be fine.&nbsp; If they are there simply to ask you questions, then there are merely there doing their job...and it would help you out to simply acknowledge that fact.</span></span><br type="_moz" />

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