Charges filed after raid at Clermont (Cincinnati) strip club Déjà Vu
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A total of 50 misdemeanor charges have been filed, and more are probable, Police Chief Terry Zinser said Friday.
“A lot of these charges stem from being nude after midnight,†Zinser said. “That law also says the dancers can't have contact with each other or with customers.â€
Dancers who make such contact can be charged with engaging in an illegal sexually oriented activity, the chief said.
No customers were charged, Zinser said.
The club at 516 Old Ohio 74, which Zinser said had been operating from noon to 4 a.m., remains open for business.
Detectives with the Union Township Police Department spent more than two months investigating the club, including several evenings in which dancers were observed totally nude after midnight in violation of Ohio law.
Among those charged was the club's general manager, Mike Jollay, the chief said.
Jollay, 62, of the Withamsville area of Union Township, faces five charges of illegally operating a sexually oriented business, according to Municipal Court records. Each charge could result in up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Dancers charged with illegal contact with each other or customers face similar penalties if found guilty.
Jollay referred questions to the club's attorney, Louis Sirkin.
“Whatever charges that arise against the club, they will be vigorously fought – as they always have in the past,†Sirkin said Thursday. “I'm sure the club will prevail.â€
Prostitution involves engaging in sexual activity for hire, according to the Ohio Revised Code. Penalties include up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500 on each count if convicted.
“All the charges stem from what happened in the business,†Zinser said.
Officers had a search warrant to seize records when they raided the club about a half-hour after it opened Thursday afternoon and continue to investigate, Zinser said.
“The message is there is a law in place for this, and these establishments need to follow the law,†Zinser said. “There were blatant violations of criminal law involved here.â€
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June 18, 2010
I was in Cincinnati last summer and used my GPS (tomtom) to try to find this place. I could not find it so I gave up after searching for it nearly 30 minutes.
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Wow. The world *is* ending.
"dancers were observed totally nude after midnight in violation of Ohio law."
Wait, it's ok to be nude before midnight? That's a crazy law.
But what a bogus effort in the grand scheme of things. There always has been prostitution and always will be. Yes, there should be some limits but trying to outlaw it would be like tying to outlaw divorce. It's never going to happen and I think it's actually healthy for adult males to be able to let off some steam in a responsible, legal way.
Now for the serious part. So I live in a part of the country where LE demonstrates some amount of sense when they aren't cracking people's heads. We'll call it 50/50. But anyway, some parts of the country have gotten totally out of hand with enforcement. Never like to hear about clubs trying to do stuff above board getting whacked. Makes it tougher on everyone since local authorities don't get much beyond monkey see, monkey do once something hits the news.
I must be strange or something, but is that fucked up or what???
I've been a regular in that place since before Vu moved in, back when Rumors was still there. It's always been the best around. Well, "best" considering that it is in Cincinnati of all places. As far as it being here in this city, Rumors was originally put here as a big "fuck you" to Cincy tightasses, and most of those stupid laws are aimed directly at the club, created specifically to try and drive them out.
Over the years I've made friends with a few of the dancers there, and they're no more prostitutes than I am. Hell, the managers have come down hard on dancers who crossed the line in the past.
I hate this city. I really do. If my parents didn't live here (and at the age they need me around) I'd move.