On February 27, a patron at a strip club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, was hit in the face with cash by an employee after an argument over tips.
The incident occurred at a topless club called Body Talk, and the victim, identified as 24-year-old John McKelvey, told responding officers that he was angry that the women at the club did not tip him. Ta. report February 29th.
He also claimed there was no indication that tips were mandatory, and club employees were reportedly angry because he didn’t throw money at him, according to the arrest affidavit.
The man appears to have been drinking too much alcohol at the time. He boasted that he had a lot of money, but he didn’t want to use it to tip club employees, he said.
An employee, identified as 28-year-old Victoria Jones, whose role at the club is unknown, claimed the man was drunk, rude and verbally insulted fellow employees.
“Police said Ms. Jones “picked up a small bundle of money and threw it at the victim,” and the victim was hit in the face with legal currency. She said the cash was He claimed it was thrown in a “non-aggressive manner” and added, “This is a place where money is thrown anywhere,” the Smoking Gun report said.
image show Young woman involved in the incident:
Strip club worker charged with hitting customer with ‘stack’ of cash after refusing to tip dancer: affidavit https://t.co/9w7svj5dPw pic.twitter.com/LLxc4mfEG2
— New York Post (@nypost) March 5, 2024
Surveillance camera footage reportedly shows the moment Mr. Jones and Mr. McKelvey got into an argument and the young woman slapped Mr. Jones with the cash, in what is known as an “open-handed strike.”
Jones was arrested on suspicion of assault, but was released after posting $500 bail.
In April, police arrested four people on suspicion of hiring underage girls as dancers at a strip club in Orlando, Florida. The club’s operators were each charged with one count of human trafficking of children under 18 for commercial sex acts, Breitbart News reported at the time.
Victims of sex trafficking, including women, men, and minors, often adopted According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, they are being sought to become employees at strip clubs across the United States.
Victims may start out as hostesses, servers, or dancers, but are later forced to provide commercial sex.
“Strip clubs are designed to provide a space and environment in which purchasers can purchase commercial sex,” the site says.
“Victims of sex trafficking in strip clubs must follow extensive predetermined schedules and are frequently moved between multiple clubs. “It may take place in a lap dance room or off-site at a hotel or the buyer’s home,” the newspaper said.
