Lawsuit filed against Hollywood, E. St. Louis
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Hollywood Showclub patron claims guards beat him
Monday, November 06, 2006
By Ann Knef
Cottage Hills resident Jesse Sneed is suing the owner of Hollywood Showclub in Washington Park for being beaten, kicked and punched while guards escorted him from the strip club on Nov. 6, 2004.
Seeking in excess of $200,000 in damages, Sneed claims he suffered soft tissue injuries and abrasions to his face, neck, scalp, abdomen and chest. He also claims severe injuries to his eye, back and right knee.
The four-count suit filed Nov. 3 in St. Clair County Circuit Court seeks damages from Showclub International on allegations of battery, negligent hiring, negligent retention and negligent supervision.
"Defendant...knew or through the exercise of reasonable and ordinary care should have known at the time of hiring the guard that assaulted plaintiff, that he had a propensity to use excessive force, was unqualified to work as a security guard due to his aggressive behavior towards others and that the guard constituted a serious threat of harm to customers of Defendant, including Plaintiff, with whom Defendant's guard might come into contact," the complaint states.
Sbeed is represented by Joseph M.Taylor of Taylor & Taylor in St. Louis.
"Defendant...negligently failed to stop the guard while he was beating Plaintiff, even though Defendant's employees were in the immediate vicinity of the assault of Plaintiff and would have been able to stop the assault," the complaint states.
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But the cops gave us the run-around, to the point of locking me in the back seat of the squad car on a pretend "drive around" to see if we could find the guy on the sidewalk somewhere, despite my protests. Not until I mentioned that I was the son of a prominent journalist did they let me out of the car, to the gapes and stares of onlookers who clearly would have assumed (and I'm sure the cops wanted it this way) that *I* had perpetrated the crime.
Last time I call the cops.
I thought that was the main qualification FOR working as a bouncer.
BTW, I've never noticed a bouncer at Hollywood. Chitown, remember that over-eager guy that greeted us when we walked in, dressed like a mime in a top hat amd tuxedo shirt? You don't suppose...