Penthouse dancer claims she had to pay jiggle joint to perform
February 12th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANINew York, Feb 12 (ANI): A Penthouse dancer has filed a lawsuit against the famous jiggle joint, claiming that the club cheats its performers out of wages, withholds tips and even charges them for the privilege of working there.
According to the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, Leslie Liwanag claims that the club takes a 20 percent slice out of dancers’ tips, makes them buy their own costumes, cheats them out of overtime and makes them pay a fee to perform.
The lawsuit has been filed by lawyers Justin M. Swartz and Sonia R. Lin, of Outten & Golden LLP, and Gratienne (Sienna) Baskin, of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center.
“The Penthouse Executive Club calls its dancers, the ‘most splendid Entertainers from around the world.’ If the club appreciates their hard work, it should follow the law and pay its entertainers properly,” the New York Daily News quoted Swartz as saying.
“After all, they are the workers that provide the club’s customers with the ‘customer service,’ ‘environment of sophistication,’ and ‘pleasurable diversions’ about which the Penthouse Executive Club boasts,” Swartz added.
The lawsuit comes after a Penthouse cocktail waitress claimed she was sexually harassed by male and female employees, as well as cheated out of tips.
Staff in the club has denied the allegations. (ANI)
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