Texas strip club sues 14-year-old exotic dancer (SA Express)

[Cry Havoc]

Texas strip club sues 14-year-old exotic dancer
By BRIAN CHASNOFF San Antonio Express-News

A strip club that hired a 14-year-old as an exotic dancer is now suing the girl, saying the seventh-grader swindled them into breaking state law.

The San Antonio teen allegedly exposed her breasts while working at Cheetah Club in Corpus Christi, a violation of state law.

Alan Yaffe, the club’s attorney, said the club didn’t know the girl was a minor.

“She came (into the club) with 6-inch stiletto heels and a miniskirt and looked just like a model from a Miss America’s contest,” Yaffe said.

Yaffe also disputed the sequence of events that authorities say brought the 14-year-old girl to Club Cheetah, where she exposed her breasts — a violation of state law.

Police say Leslie Campbell, 48, kidnapped the teenager in San Antonio in March, took her to Corpus Christi, sexually assaulted her over the course of a week, gave her a false identification card and forced her to strip at the club.

Police say the girl, who has not been identified, escaped from Campbell’s home and has been reunited with her parents in San Antonio.

Campbell was arrested and remains in Nueces County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping.
Seeking damages

RJL Entertainment Inc., — which is doing business as “Cheetah Club,” according to tax records — filed the lawsuit last week.

The suit seeks unspecified damages from Campbell, the girl and her parents, as well as a declaration from a judge that it did not intend to hire a minor.

“We’re the victims here,” Yaffe said.

Authorities also arrested Jeffery Shawn Martinez, a manager at the club, on charges of employment harmful to a minor and sexual performance of a child. He was released on bail.

Martinez’s attorney, Fred Jimenez, said his client is not guilty.

“The minor walked in there with a fake ID and presented herself to be 22 years old,” Jimenez said. “She looks very mature.”

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Sgt. John Mann disagreed.

“I’ve seen this young lady’s picture, and I assure you she is a 14-year-old seventh-grader,” Mann said. “I personally think any reasonable and prudent person could tell you that is an underage girl.”

Mann said he expects his agency to take legal action against the club.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6489658.html

[angel_luv]

Police say Leslie Campbell, 48, kidnapped the teenager in San Antonio in March, took her to Corpus Christi, sexually assaulted her over the course of a week, gave her a false identification card and forced her to strip at the club.

Police say the girl, who has not been identified, escaped from Campbell’s home and has been reunited with her parents in San Antonio.

Campbell was arrested and remains in Nueces County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping.
Seeking damages

If the girl was kidnapped and forced to work at the strip club by her abducter, how on earth can the club in good conscience justify suing her????

[Soul_Patch]

Ive been to that place before! thats out on SPID near my old college

[manufan10]

I've never seen a mature looking 14 year old.

If the girl was kidnapped and forced to work at the strip club by her abducter, how on earth can the club in good conscience justify suing her????

Unless they don't believe she was abducted. If she was abducted, why didn't she tell anyone? Scared maybe? I don't know. Still, the club is re ed for trying to sue a 14 year old girl.

[CuckingFunt]

If the girl was kidnapped and forced to work at the strip club by her abducter, how on earth can the club in good conscience justify suing her????

I don't know that there's much point in questioning the scruples of a strip club that employs a 14-year-old girl.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Ive been to that place before! thats out on SPID near my old college

I've been there once as well. It's hard to believe that is the "classiest" place in town. It's a lot better than Bottoms Up though.

[tlongII]

[Dr. Gonzo]

You want to see pics of a topless 14 year old?

[angel_luv]

I don't know that there's much point in questioning the scruples of a strip club that employs a 14-year-old girl.

True.

I just feel badly for the girl.

Assuming what the police say about the matter is true, She has been through a lot and then to have this lawsuit mess to deal with is awful.

[pkbpkb81]

yeah i was a concert in cc and they had stripers walking the crowd and giveing away free passes to get in so we went.


it was ok

[Wild Cobra]

If the girl was kidnapped and forced to work at the strip club by her abducter, how on earth can the club in good conscience justify suing her????

It may be something the club has to do to legally protect themselves.

I've never seen a mature looking 14 year old.

I have. I remember how the girls used to dress themselves up when I was young. A few could easily pull off the mature look. Oh well, that was the 70's.

[IronMexican]

tlong..a sheep er, loves Asians, and a pedophile.

[Soul_Patch]

I've been there once as well. It's hard to believe that is the "classiest" place in town. It's a lot better than Bottoms Up though.

Lol, bottoms up is so terrible its almost fun to go, just to laugh at it. First time i had ever seen a lactating female before was at Bottoms up...the milk was glowing in the black lights on her nipples...

[jman3000]

She's a 14 year old 7th grader? I was a sop re in HS when I was 14.

I think she went on her own free will and they're only using the abduction angle to not make her look bad. I knew a handful of girls when I was that age who looked like they could pass for much older. Especially if they were smokers and used make up effectively.

[Cry Havoc]

I've never seen a mature looking 14 year old.

Are you serious? You must not have been a young guy for a while. I've met 14 year olds that can walk into a store and buy alcohol with a fake without so much as a second glance. It's actually pretty creepy at times.

[Cry Havoc]

Ugh double post.

[manufan10]

Are you serious? You must not have been a young guy for a while. I've met 14 year olds that can walk into a store and buy alcohol with a fake without so much as a second glance. It's actually pretty creepy at times.

I'm 25.. I think it gets harder when they get 16, 17, and 18 years old. Maybe, I have and I just didn't know they were 14.

[easjer]

I've never seen a mature looking 14 year old.

I have. There were a couple of girls in my middle school classes who developed early and profoundly. Towered over the boys, had fully developed breasts, could easily have been mistaken for 18, especially if dressed provocatively and with make-up. Throw in a fake ID, I can see it.

But an average 14 year old with a fake ID claiming 22? Unlikely.

I assume the club is doing this pre-emptively to try and avoid or dissuade criminal charges against the club. Not right, but I would guess that is the reason.

[BacktoBasics]

The Club was shut down and had charges pressed against them that's why they're suing. The club even ID'd her and they still shut them down. I highly doubt she was kidnapped in the first place. She had all kinds of opportunities to say something to anyone while she was dancing. It all a load of BS. Another stupid looking to make money finally realized she was in over her head when the dude she went to for help wanted to turn her into a full time pros ute.

I feel bad for that club owner because they're getting a rash of for no good reason.

[BacktoBasics]

I have. There were a couple of girls in my middle school classes who developed early and profoundly. Towered over the boys, had fully developed breasts, could easily have been mistaken for 18, especially if dressed provocatively and with make-up. Throw in a fake ID, I can see it.

But an average 14 year old with a fake ID claiming 22? Unlikely.

I assume the club is doing this pre-emptively to try and avoid or dissuade criminal charges against the club. Not right, but I would guess that is the reason.

They're already facing charges. I've seen many many 13-14 year olds that could pass for 21. My sister was 5 years younger than me and she all kinds of friends spending the night that could have easily gone out with me without getting ID'd.

[I. Hustle]

You guys are full of . I mean c'mon a 14 year old that "passed" for a 22 year old? You guys watch too much internet porn. We aren't talking about a guy that was just walking by and was asked hey buddy how old do you think she is? This is a guy whose business is to know what he's working with. If you are running a strip club you better know the law front and back as well as how to judge when a girl is underage. Even if it was a maybe I would have been like no. The stupid ass deserves to get shut down.
And eff that dumbass pedo that wants to see topless pics of a 14 year old

[Dr. Gonzo]

That must have been an incredible fake ID. Most kids can't even get a fake ID past a cashier at a store for a pack of smokes much less use it to dance.

[I. Hustle]

That must have been an incredible fake ID. Most kids can't even get a fake ID past a cashier at a store for a pack of smokes much less use it to dance.

That's what I'm saying

[sonic21]

wait she is 14 but in 7th grade?

Something about that whole situation just seems off. I am curious how it will turn out.

[mookie2001]

thats just one year off? big deal