Stripper Gets Off Scot-Free in Prostitution Case

A Manhattan judge decided he believes at least one of two strippers from Big Daddy Lou's Hot Lap Dance Club who say they’re “just selling fantasy.” He threw out prostitution charges against one woman allegedly caught selling sex to an undercover cop. A decision is expected Tuesday on the fate of a second showgirl—porn star Cassandra Malandri. On Friday she took the stand and gave all the dirty details

Malandri is more than your average lap dancer—she’s a porn star better known as Alexia Moore. On Tuesday she disclosed her X-rated activities on the screen, but said that in-person it’s all an act. "I was on top of him. I was touching him on his arms and chest," said the blonde. "I do an air dance. I was above him." She denied ever having offered the plain clothes officer a threesome for the price of $5,000, reported the NY Daily News. No mention was made of whether Malandri used the rumored “gay” defense, that she couldn’t possibly have propositioned the cop because she’s a lesbian.

The two 26-year-old strippers refused a plea bargain that would have resulted in no jail time, maybe because they didn't want to add weight to a case against their former employer. He goes to trial April 1 on charges of running a brothel.

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By Sabrina Jaszi in News on January 23, 2010 4:10 PM

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Sarah Dancer

I worked at the club and no one EVER called the boss "Big Daddy Lou." Where do you get this horse shit from?

Also, the stripper did not get off scot-free. It was the lying corrupt Vice cop who got off. The slime bag Vice cop should be in jail for framing the dancer!

boscoep

Sounds like Scott Free got what he wanted.

Robert

The true reason is that the DA made an error in wording of the indictment and the case could not be prostituted.

dgeee

The sado-masochistic Catholic church that fosters pedophilia and the US Government that wants more tax dollars have turned a natural act into something immoral. They are the real criminals.

galendorian

Good . So much time is spent trying to vilify sex workers. I'd like to see a sting on the douchebags that pay for it.

Dwayne Hoover

So why is the NYPD wasting our time with this case? If it was truly a sting operation, how come nothing was recorded?

jaycjay

"refused a plea bargain that would have resulted in no jail time, maybe because they didn't want to add weight to a case against their former employer"

Or maybe because they're telling the truth.