Man Suing Strip Club After 90 Minutes Cost Him $21,000

A Delaware man is suing Larry Flynt's Hustler Club after he was charged more than $21,000 on two credit cards during just 90 minutes in the joint. Perhaps the worst part is that Gerard Wall, 39, doesn't even have any precious memories to cherish from the night—he claims that after downing two drinks he was approached by a dancer and offered a private lap dance for $300. After that, it's all a blur, but it seems Wall made it rain hard like the Dylan song. And by the time Wall left the club at 10 p.m. on December 12th, he was so inebriated a club employee had to drive him home.

The next day, Wall awoke to find $80 missing from his wallet, and $21,620.60 in fresh charges to his American Express and Discovery cards. According to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by the Daily News, Wall "did not approve any other charges" beyond the perfectly reasonably priced $300 lapdance. But compared to past strip club fleecings, Wall got off easy. In 2005, an executive visiting NYC from Missouri spent $241,000 in one night at Scores. How many of these stories do we have to read before our city, so desperate for revenue, gets a pole tax?

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By John Del Signore in News on January 12, 2010 9:35 AM

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NannyState

His suit has merit: he woke up in Wilmington thus no happy ending.

virgilstarkwell

who the hell still has a "Discovery" (sic) card in 2010?

babyfishmouth

And who knew anyone still accepted Discover?

Steven

Serves him right for going to a strip club.

Strip clubs mostly feature "fake" ladies to begin with anyway. I rather would see the real deal instead of plastic.

JacqueMehoff

don't we get these stories once a year?

Is the AP Velvet girl the same as the one in the mesh bodysuit?

JenChungsBaby

I don't know but the hip is riding pretty high on that thing she's wearing. I'd like to see a pic of her standing up.

maryjr

hahaha...no sympathy here

Potty Boy

The *Hustler* Club, get it?

Splicer

Dear Mr. Wall:

Use one head and think with the other.

ur doing it rong

Hustler club's for suckers. New York Dolls, look for plump veronica or the domincan chick with the green contacts eyes. Oy vey iz mir, shiksappeal!

Ed

For $50 in a JC or Newark strip club, there will be some DNA swapping. Hustler Club is for Wall St and Japanese tourists.

Trilby16

Things of this nature should happen more often. Makes me laugh.

tom9d

$300?? They only charge $30 for a lap dance at Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in New Orleans.

...or so I've heard.

imadick

$300 for a *private* lap dance. and away from my leering gaze. fucking bankers.

JenChungsBaby

How about the new American Apparel "Velvet" chick? I bet you'd make some headway with her for $300.

Manitoba

Never go to a strip club with a credit card. Always bring cash! If you know a lap dance is $300 (in itself, insane), get $400 from an ATM, buy a couple of drinks, get a dance, and take a cab home.

It's just like the fact that you should never open a tab at a bar for you and all of your "friends".

valeriob

Hey thanks for buying out the backroom for the night for us Mr. Wall!

We had a rockin' good time.

Mr Mel

Ah, but you're forgetting the ride home. It was a private jet right to Wilmington.

JenChungsBaby

For $300 he could have ordered in a real live girl for an hour instead of just some cheesy lap dance. For $21,000 he probably could have gotten half the Rockettes and a suite at the W.