Strip-club owner arrested in prostitution sting loses job as Golden High School

7/23/2011 4:57:01 AM

The operator of several strip clubs in the metro area has lost his job as tennis coach at Golden High School after he was arrested in a prostitution sting on West Colfax Avenue.

Troy Lowrie, who operates PT's Showclub in southwest Denver among other clubs, was cited for furthering the act of prostitution, according to court documents. He was released after booking.

At 2:15 p.m. July 13, Lowrie allegedly approached a female undercover Denver police officer who was working in a prostitution sting and engaged the officer multiple times, according to the complaint against him.

Driving a black Hummer, Lowrie allegedly circled the block, whistled, waved and honked to get the officer's attention. Lowrie allegedly asked the officer at least twice if she was a cop.

"He did not agree to a deal, but stated that he had money," according to the complaint.

Lowrie allegedly told the officer he owned PT's and asked her to "work for him."

Beyond running a string of strip clubs, Lowrie, who lives in Golden, coached the Golden High School tennis team since 2009.

Jeffco Schools, after finding out about the incident, terminated the coach and sent a letter to school parents about the incident.

The notice reminded parents that Lowrie is innocent until proven guilty. It also said Lowrie "is not currently employed by the school district."

District spokeswoman Lynn Setzer described Lowrie as a "contract" employee who only coached tennis and said the district's position is that he's "not eligible to be rehired" in light of the complaint. Setzer said Lowrie was put through a background check before being hired by the district. She said she thought the check was through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation but wasn't certain about that.

Lowrie declined to comment and referred calls to his attorney, Harvey Steinberg.

Steinberg could not be reached.

Lowrie has a court date scheduled Aug. 11.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_185271…

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sinclair

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13 years ago

He is the CEO of VCG Holdings and makes $800,000/year. Why is he fucking with streetwalkers when he is around hot young pussy all day?

steve229

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13 years ago

"Lowrie allegedly told the officer he owned PT's and asked her to "work for him."

I'm sure his lawyers will get the charges dropped. It's obvious he was simply conducting a job interview.

Dudester

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13 years ago

Bizarre behavior for a near millionaire. Wonder what kind of conversations he had with his female tennis students ? In my high school days, our tennis team had an eccentric coach and there was some bizarre goings on. One of those was that the tennis team (4 of them actually) traveled to Europe. Why would a high school tennis team travel to Europe ? (it was a private school, but still ???)

harrydave

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13 years ago

He was cited for "furthering the act of prostitution". That's got to be some bullshit misdemeanor, easily plea-bargained to nothing, whose sole purpose is to subject the guy to a perp walk and his name being published.

LeeH

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13 years ago

"And if we win the state championship, all the girls get jobs, and all the guys get free admittance for life."

samsung1

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13 years ago

When I first saw this post I figured it was the owner of some sleazy dive bar...but wow what a surprise to see this corporate CEO.

There could be a misunderstanding:

"However, according to news reports, the official complaint also indicated that Lowrie "did not agree to a deal, but stated that he had money,â€ and that he told the officer he owned PT's and asked her to "work for him."

http://business.avn.com/articles/legal/V…

Also interesting that this bust happened at 2:15pm in the afternoon instead of at night.

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