3 NOLA clubs raided.
Authorities raided three New Orleans East strip clubs Friday (Aug. 24) after undercover law enforcement discovered prostitution and drug activity at Passions Men's Club, Visions Men's Club and She She's Lounge, the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control said in a statement Monday evening.
She She's and Visions were served with emergency suspensions and ordered to stop serving alcohol pending an emergency hearing; Passions was already under a consent agreement after previous violations. ATC officials said Friday's raids came after "an extended undercover investigation ... uncovered criminal activity including drug sales, drug use, solicitation for prostitution and sex acts."
The raids, which were conducted with the New Orleans Police Department, come seven months after the ATC suspended the licenses of nine French Quarter strip clubs at the start of Mardi Gras season. The same allegations -- prostitution and narcotics -- were leveled against those clubs as well as illegal touching of customers at some of the clubs.
ATC Commissioner Juana Marine Lombard is moving to permanently revoke the liquor license at Passions, deputy commissioner Ernest Legier said. The ATC had previously refused to renew its license, although Passions was not serving alcohol when the raids occurred Friday night, Legier said.
Lombard may also move to revoke Passions' premise license, Legier said, which would prevent the club from operating with or without alcohol. The business has frustrated anti-human trafficking advocates and authorities for years. A former dancer there filed an affidavit in a court case, alleging the club employed underage dancers. An earlier investigation found prostitution so commonplace that an undercover agent was propositioned without asking, according to state records.
The club has also been cited for serving minors.
Visions and Passions are across the street from one another, with Visions at 4000 Downman Road and Passions at 3921 Downman Road. She She's is located in a small shopping center at 9000 Chef Menteur Highway.
All three clubs were closed Monday evening. At Visions, a sign told visitors that the club was closed until Wednesday for renovations. At Passions, a "for sale" sign was on the building.
Legier said in an email that there was one arrest related to Friday's raids, and "several warrants were issued but suspects were not found on site." The warrants were connected with drug sales, he said.
There were no arrests in the French Quarter raids, though four of the clubs that were raided eventually closed.
It is not clear when the New Orleans East clubs will reopen. Visions and She She's are entitled to hearings to lift the suspensions. Such hearings typically result in a consent agreement that calls for the club not to have further violations and adopt security protocols.
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last commentBooming economy is allowing this to happen everywhere. Prostitution and drugs are pretty common activites and police generally look the other way because the clubs bring in money. With so many businesses paying thier taxes cops are able to start clamping down. Thats why you take your favs number and if she;s having a hard night ask her if she would like to go to red lobster and catch up on orange is the new black back at your place.
They failed to report all the cases of human-trafficking they uncovered
This BS seems to be the trend throughout the nation - the way things are going (FOSTA, etc) pretty soon we may not even have porn to whack off to
@PAPI good thing external hard drives are cheap and xvideos are allows you to download movies for free.
Me: will I ever get to dance in NOLA?
Universe: nope.
Me: fuck. :(
Ahhhh this is what happens when you vote for Democrats. Democrats and their "morals" lol.
It's the Crusader Mayor of NOLA. His wife is involved in some Catholic anti-trafiickng deal in the city . They might consider shifting their efforts towards the real issue of protecting the Alter-boys from their pedophile priests .
There's no reason to SC in NO when Passions closes...unless you like paying a lot of money. I'm not sure I'd even go there in general anymore.
NOLA has never been much of a strip club destination; just a great place to eat, drink and enjoy music.
This report amazes me! It’s been my experience that NOLA clubs give 99% air dances. That the police discovered prostitution there is mind-blowing.
"Ahhhh this is what happens when you vote for Democrats. Democrats and their "morals" lol."
You're half right. Democrats attack sex work under the guise that sex workers are "victims". Republicans just use religion(Christian) to attack sex work. This is one issue both sides gain to benefit from attacking.
Passions is/was a black club away from Bourbon St and was high-extras
Drat, Passions, Visions, and She She's were the ones at the top of my list. All fairly close together too.
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However the Democrats are the biggest hypocrites here.... her body her choice equals pro choice in respect to abortion..... her body government choice as to who and why she fucks.... bullshit
"It's the Crusader Mayor of NOLA. His wife is involved in some Catholic anti-trafiickng deal in the city . They might consider shifting their efforts towards the real issue of protecting the Alter-boys from their pedophile priests"
The mayor of New Orleans is a black woman. She has a husband.
The first strip club I ever visited was in the Big Easy. I still own property there. There was always extras action going on in the French Quarter at certain clubs. It tooks two separate raids to finally end the Quarter extras scene. The first was in October 2015. The second was in January 2018. Neither of these raids targeted strip clubs in the outlying parts of the city, just the French Quarter. It was business as usual at Passions, She She's, and Visions. Passions and She She's were well known to be whorehouses. At Visions, occasionally things could happen with the right dancer, but many were clean. New Orleans is like Memphis. Both went from an "anything goes" strip club scene to a boring, sterile scene within the last decade or so.
^^ female city mayors often don't bode well for strip clubs
This is being done using Federal money under the guise of stopping human trafficking (much like the rational of FOSTA) so it is the Federal govt that is driving this. Remember that the MAGA time they so want to bring back is the sexually repressive fifty’s. Don’t give me any Dem BS when the republicans are the ones with the church backing and the anti Roe v Wade sentiments. GOP is the one that wants to control your bedroom activities, maybe you should review history a bit. Dems only want to control your worship choices.
So are these three NOLA clubs going to make it through this unharmed?
SJG
More details made the news today: www.nola.com
Looks like one can kiss the NOLA SC scene goodbye