RSSDallas Can’t Close Strip Club Where Girl, 12, Danced
Carolyn Hileman - The Voice | March 28, 2008
DALLAS — The city cannot shut down a Dallas strip club just because a 12-year-old danced nude there.
The city ordinance that regulates sexually oriented businesses does not allow authorities to revoke the license of such a business for employing someone under 18.
“There’s a laundry list of things we can use to deny or revoke a license, but having a 12-year-old dancing in their establishment is not one of the things that automatically enables us to revoke their license,” said Lt. Christina Smith, a Dallas police vice unit commander who oversees licensing of such establishments.
Authorities say that over a two-week period last year, the sixth-grader danced at Diamonds Cabaret. They also say they found a 17-year-old girl working in the club in January.
Police are continuing to investigate whether the club’s management knew that the girl — a runaway at the time — was underage.
In a faxed statement, the strip club management said it was “shocked and startled” by the allegations.
“Diamond’s Cabaret does not condone, support, nor promote, the delinquency of minors or exploitation of children,” the statement read.
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