Club to Close for 14 Days to Settle Prostitution Allegations With the city.

11/28/2023 1:53:25 PM

PT’s Showclub will close for two weeks in January after reaching a settlement with the city over alleged prostitution and public indecency at the strip club.

Business in the unassuming building at 1601 West Evans Avenue will pause from January 2 to January 15, as PT’s is required to shut its doors for fourteen days as a penalty for three admitted violations of city and state law related to soliciting or engaging in prostitution, according to a settlement order issued on Monday, November 27, by Molly Duplechian, executive director of the Denver Department of Excise & Licenses.

In July, Excise & Licenses issued an order to show cause after the Denver Police Department conducted a sting operation at the RCI Hospitality-owned strip joint on March 31 and found that the establishment had broken ten different laws at the state and local levels related to prostitution and public indecency. All but three of the charges were dropped as a result of the November 27 settlement.

After the DPD sting, the Denver City Attorney’s Office requested that Excise & Licenses pursue disciplinary action against PT’s, but on November 16, it sent Duplechian a letter asking her to consider certain conditions for a settlement agreement, most of which she applied.

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rugrat

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a year ago

Closing for two weeks in a typically very slow season doesn't seem like much of a 'punishment'

ilbbaicnl

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a year ago

I'd speculate that a non-extras dancer made an anonymous report on extras dancers to LE, hoping the resulting heat would cause the club to fire extras dancers. So maybe the club agreed to the closure to turn the tables. Snitch, and you go on temporary layoff, rather than eliminate your competition. (Really nicespice, just let the Cubans be.)

JamesSD

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a year ago

Interesting.

"Public indecency" is often a very hard charge to make stick. Offering an undercover cop sex for money is much easier.

However law enforcement generally has to establish the club knew and condoned illegal activities, which is why a lot of clubs put on theater around monitoring while actually turning a blind eye.

stainglass

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a year ago

shhhh... keep things under the wraps. LE can easily look at the handle and then track down which clubs the person frequents, and use that as a yard stick => All based on your own comments. Stop incriminating ourselves.

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