Cheetah strip club allegedly video taped patrons having sex with dancers
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In March 2009, the Cheetah strip club located in Hallandale Beach, Fla. was closed for allegedly selling drugs and promoting prostitution. Authorities claim to have legally obtained approximately 19,000 video clips of footage taken inside the club. The video clips show sex acts involving club dancers and patrons. Authorities also obtained daily logs that include the names of high-profile clients and professional athletes. So far, those names have not been released to the public.
Cheetah attorneys filled emergency restraining orders against the state arguing that the tapes should never have been released to the public. In addition, club attorneys hope to appear in court Friday to prevent the release of additional video footage and information. The Sun-Sentinel received the footage as part of a Freedom of Information Act request with the state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. Some of the footage is available on the Sun-Sentinel Web page. Click here to view it.
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Cheetah club owner Joe Rodriguez, who owns three other strip clubs in South Florida, is said to have previously denied that cameras were in the VIP rooms.
Hallandale police claim to have been investigating the Cheetah club for 19 months in an undercover operation. They say they visited the club approximately 18 times and had dancers offer drugs and sex. Some dancers are said to have asked for as much as $470 to perform sex acts.
Criminal charges were dismissed against one of the club managers because investigators could not prove that this manager was aware that sex acts were taking place on the premises. No criminal charges have been filed against club owner Joe Rodriguez at this time. Rodriguez has since filed a federal lawsuit claiming that his business licenses were improperly revoked. Thus far Rodriguez has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine and sell his liquor license. In a separate agreement, the Hallandale Police Department has kept $40,000 of the $61,000 seized in the raids.
A second raid was conducted several days after the first raid and more cameras were seized. Investigators claim patrons did not know they were being video taped. Investigators say that there were signs posted throughout the club stating that video surveillance was in place to protect patrons and allow them to feel safe. Video taping people without their knowledge is a violation of the video voyeurism law, which is a misdemeanor. Attorneys for Cheetah allege that this second search was a violation of club goer's rights because the tapes have now been released to the public.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward…
Cheetah attorneys filled emergency restraining orders against the state arguing that the tapes should never have been released to the public. In addition, club attorneys hope to appear in court Friday to prevent the release of additional video footage and information. The Sun-Sentinel received the footage as part of a Freedom of Information Act request with the state Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco. Some of the footage is available on the Sun-Sentinel Web page. Click here to view it.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward…
Cheetah club owner Joe Rodriguez, who owns three other strip clubs in South Florida, is said to have previously denied that cameras were in the VIP rooms.
Hallandale police claim to have been investigating the Cheetah club for 19 months in an undercover operation. They say they visited the club approximately 18 times and had dancers offer drugs and sex. Some dancers are said to have asked for as much as $470 to perform sex acts.
Criminal charges were dismissed against one of the club managers because investigators could not prove that this manager was aware that sex acts were taking place on the premises. No criminal charges have been filed against club owner Joe Rodriguez at this time. Rodriguez has since filed a federal lawsuit claiming that his business licenses were improperly revoked. Thus far Rodriguez has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine and sell his liquor license. In a separate agreement, the Hallandale Police Department has kept $40,000 of the $61,000 seized in the raids.
A second raid was conducted several days after the first raid and more cameras were seized. Investigators claim patrons did not know they were being video taped. Investigators say that there were signs posted throughout the club stating that video surveillance was in place to protect patrons and allow them to feel safe. Video taping people without their knowledge is a violation of the video voyeurism law, which is a misdemeanor. Attorneys for Cheetah allege that this second search was a violation of club goer's rights because the tapes have now been released to the public.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward…
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Why $470?? That sounds like an odd price to set.
FYI, there are 5 cameras at my favorite club. One on the parking lot. The other 4 on the main room.The monitors are in the managers office. Since the dancers all have to check in and out with him, they know that there are none in the private dance rooms. A relief!
http://www.tuscl.net/d.php?DID=188
Tuscl usually removes the closed clubs from their list so they don't pop up when you use the GPS feature.
BTW, she never did work there.
So a little more about your Ranger? I assume it is not right off the showroom floor? I used to have a Plymouth Valiant that was not "grandpa's" Valiant. Lots of fun to surprise others.