After reports that a bouncer was arrested for raping an intoxicated customer in one of its bathroom, the nighclub Duvet, aka Club Climax, on West 21st Street off Broadway was shut down. According to the Post, the State Liquor Authority made the decision because, per sources, the club never should have hired the suspect, Hunter Dupree, who is an ex-con. The Post adds that the club "had been hit with numerous SLA violations but stayed open through a quirk in state law -- even after its liquor license was not renewed in November 2004" and that "Cops were summoned to the club 42 times in the past two years, including a Jan. 21, 2009, incident in which a female patron reported being robbed at gunpoint." Back in 2007, a man was stabbed to death outside the club. more ›

A bouncer at the Flatiron District's Duvet is accused of raping an intoxicated woman inside a stall in the club's ladies' room on October 25th. Ex-con Hunter Dupree, 33, isn't legally allowed to work as a bouncer because of his criminal record, but that didn't stop the club (which also goes by the name Climax) from hiring him. The 23-year-old victim says she was "incapacitated" in a stall as the club was closing at 4 a.m., and when Dupree called out to ask if anyone was in restroom, she cried for help. more ›

A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death inside the Flatiron club Duvet early Friday morning. Shamel McKinsey stumbled outside and collapsed outside on West 21st street, "blood gushing from his wounds, just after 3:30 a.m.," according to the Daily News. McKinsey, who had an arrest record for drug possession with intent to sell, was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital. Police suspect that McKinsey may have been partying with the rapper Fabolous at Duvet,... more ›