Friday, July 8, 2011

Strippers Win $195k Settlement in Illegal Strip Search Case



Sun Sentinel - Four exotic dancers and and two female bartenders won a $195,000 settlement from Daytona Beach Shores after a judge ruled the cops shouldn't have strip-searched the strippers during a drug raid at Biggins Gentlelman's Club, reports the Orlando Sentinel. The female employees were strip-searched in a room in front of 20 male officers and the city's public safety director. The patrons were only given pat downs. According to their attorney, the strippers and bartenders will receive $5,000 each. Most of the settlement will go to pay attorney fees.

Love the mention of how the patrons were only given a pat down, like that's out of the ordinary...umm last I checked patrons at a strip club weren't likely to be hiding contraband in their orifice's.  To the strippers complaining, hey, if the shoe fits. Come on ladies, don't act like you've never stashed something up there. 

To the cops, wouldn't it have been a bit easier to pay the Champagne room fee? I mean 195K in tax payers money for a cheap thrill, and it still wasn't legal?  Fairly certain a two drink minimum and the girls hourly rate would have came out a bit lower than that...just saying.