A judge has issued a ruling that orders the Penthouse Club on 8 Mile to padlock their door for one year and orders all fixtures inside to be sold.
The battle over the popular Detroit strip club began after the city reportedly found numerous instances of soliciting prostitution inside.
The Detroit Law Department says Penthouse Club on 8 Mile has allowed acts of prostitution inside for years. They had asked a judge to close them down for a year.
According to the city of Detroit Law Dept., investigators from the Detroit Police Vice unit spent time inside Penthouse club, gathering evidence & discovering rules were being broken.
The city also points out that for years, the club has been ticketed and suspended. However, illegal acts have allegedly continued to take place.
Ordering that the interior fixtures to be sold is an interesting provision. It seems like the judge is trying to make it impossible, or at least incredibly difficult, to ever open again. Was there any restriction on when they could start rebuilding, or do they have to wait until a year is up? That would effectively add about six months to the suspension.