July 21, 2008
Lawyer Suspected of Running Brothel at Strip Club Talks
The lawyer accused of running a prostitution ring at his strip club and laundering the proceeds through a voter registration non-profit gave the Daily News an exclusive interview from his Manhattan jail. Lou Posner claims sex-for-pay was not occurring at the Hot Lap Dance Club, "We hired intelligent, well-spoken girls, some of them Ivy League girls," and said women who weren't hired were launching fake allegations against him. Powner is also upset his wife was swept up in the arrests ("The most she did was make brownies [for the staff].") but he did look on the bright side of being behind bars, while he is being held on $150,000 bail, "I need to lose some weight."
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Who am I to pass judgment on a man who helps his fellow men to get laid?
Fight the good fight Mr Posner. Cheers
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This could be a great made for TV movie staring Jason Alexander.
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A point of view from one employee:
HLD (aka: hot lap dance), a strip club in midtown Manhattan, was raided this past Thursday night. 12 - 15 vice cops swamped the midtown loft: throwing open bathroom doors, telling guys and gals to go to seperate rooms, did background checks, took
photos of the loft, took photos of workers, questioned everyone, cuffed all staff, cuffed several dancers. Everyone was held for 2 to 3 hours.
All who went into work Thursday night are facing harsh charges. Approximately 21 people were taken under police custody that night. Many spent the night in jail.
Many others received orders to be in court MONDAY, JULY 21 at 10 am. No customers are being asked to report to court and no customers are facing any charges.
PLEASE come to NYC court house at 9 am to set up a demo to show support to those people, my co-workers, that are facing harsh charges and a slew of lies being thrown in their face - - such is the case in these situations, as far too many of us know.
Trust me, these are my co-workers - we are night-owls - nobody wants to wake up that early. AND ESPECIALLY: None of these workers want to wake-up that early in the morning to get dragged into court and face their fate given to them by the state.
PLEASE COME OUT and show support for these people. It is so important to know you are not alone. Going into court is so incredibly scary - especially for the list of charges they may be charged with.
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#3: Uh, come out and protest? Protest what? Strippers having had to wake up early to go to court?
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Kinda late notice teashop, but they have my support!
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Why am I reading Gothamist if I don't find about these places UNTIL AFTER THEY'RE CLOSED?!??!?
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Aren't lawyers whores anyway?
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serene was my favorite dancer there and she will be missed terribly. goddamn, was that girl stacked. i couldn't get rid of my twenties fast enough when i was with her. hope she wasn't one of the few locked up. sweet girl.
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To make my point I will type in ALL CAPS!
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To help that fat scumbag attorney "lose weight" in prison, I hear his fellow prisoners will be augmenting his training diet with protein shakes.
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OMG-that guy is a fat ugly disgusting pig-f*cker.
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And I don't mean because of the allegations-he just really looks revolting.
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jason alexander or karl rove?