Dancer says she was raped at strip club in Midtown[NYC]
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
A dancer at a Midtown strip club has alleged that she was raped Thursday night by a patron, police sources said.
The unidentified 22-year-old woman who works at Vivid Cabaret on West 37th Street near 6th Avenue told cops that while she was giving a private lap dance to a client around 8 p.m., the man’s friend entered the room, sources said.
The client’s friend then allegedly raped the woman, sources said.
The victim’s manager called 911 and the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where a rape kit was administered, sources said.
Cops are investigating and no arrests have been made.
The unidentified 22-year-old woman who works at Vivid Cabaret on West 37th Street near 6th Avenue told cops that while she was giving a private lap dance to a client around 8 p.m., the man’s friend entered the room, sources said.
The client’s friend then allegedly raped the woman, sources said.
The victim’s manager called 911 and the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where a rape kit was administered, sources said.
Cops are investigating and no arrests have been made.
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In my TUSCL review of Vivid New York, I rated it as never come back.
>The unidentified 22-year-old woman who works at Vivid Cabaret on West 37th Street near 6th Avenue told cops that while she was giving a private lap dance to a client around 8 p.m., the man’s friend entered the room, sources said.
>The client’s friend then allegedly raped the woman, sources said.
The dancer wanted 2x the money for 2 guys in the VIP room, so she changed the consensual extra to rape. Or the BJ on 1 guy turned into a gangbang with 2 without more $. It takes 1 second for a dancer to run out of the private room into a hallway, and you are always within scream distance of a bouncer from the private room. Unless a gun or knife was used (and Vivid doesn't search you like a hood SC), this is a $ dispute, not a rape.
>Cops are investigating and no arrests have been made.
If it was a real rape, the dancer would tell security to detain the 2 guys and turn them over to police. What will happen in this case is, John #1 and John #2's lawyers will negotiate a "private settlement" with the victim and she will retract her claims and the DA has no case. Unlike TV the DA won't waste time trying her for perjury or obstruction.
If it did happen, the reason why she didn't tell the bouncer to detain them? Easy, people don't always think straight after experiencing a life and death situation, a lot of them go into a sort of shock after coming down from the adrenaline.
I'm not saying it did or didn't happen. I'm saying let's remain neutral before making assumptions and taking sides until we have all the facts.
And yes, you can run out of a room but not if two males are holding you. Music is so loud in many clubs and bouncers are not always close. Not to mention that she might have been paralyzed by fear.