Judge Charles Simmons ordered a Greenville...

Judge Charles Simmons ordered a Greenville strip club accused of facilitating acts of prostitution to close pending the outcome of a civil trial.

The court gave Platinum Plus 48 hours to comply, according to a order filed Wednesday. Simmons' decision to grant the temporary injunction means he sided with 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins that the business should be closed prior to trial. Wilkins alleged in a civil lawsuit that the strip club is a public nuisance based on an undercover investigation that witnessed widespread acts of prostitution.

Simmons found that Elephant Inc., which operates Platinum Plus, repeatedly violated state code, a county ordinance and a 2002 consent order stipulating specific acts that were prohibited.