Richard Goldring
New Operators Shimmy Into Scores Buildings
Rival operators appear to be scavaging over what's left of the bankrupt Scores empire.
Robert Gans, owner of Manhattan's Penthouse Executive Club, has applied for a liquor license at the former Scores West strip club at 533-535 West 27th Street.
Meanwhile, proprietors of the Las Vegas-based strip club Sapphire--who earlier caused such an uproar over plans to open a new location on West 23rd Street--are seeking a license at the original Scores location at 333 East 60th Street.
Both applicants are scheduled to appear before the State Liquor Authority (SLA) next week.
State regulators earlier stripped Scores boss Richard Goldring of his license at the West Side location, after employees were arrested on prostitution charges. read more »
Scores Boss Richard Goldring Pulls a Larry Flynt
Embattled Scores owner Richard Goldring is suing the city and State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) in federal court, alleging that the government's recent crackdown on his two Manhattan strip clubs violates his First Amendment rights.
In court papers, his latest attorney called last month's revocation of Mr. Goldring's liquor license at Scores West "a circumstance intended to terminate in Scores West any future First Amendment expressive entertainment and to chill the principals of Scores East and Scores West in the exercise of their First Amendment right to provide such entertainment." read more »
Scores Empire Just Keeps Crumbling
The champagne room has finally gone dry at embattled Manhattan strip club Scores West.
The New York Post reports that authorities from the New York State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) showed up Wednesday to confiscate the voluptuous 10,000-square-foot venue's precious liquor license.
(Albeit apparently not before getting a visit from reality TV couple Alex and Simon McCord of "The Real Housewives of New York City" fame.)
The agency's action follows a prolonged legal battle with club management over the arrests of several Scores West employees on prostitution charges in January 2007. read more »
Look Who's Suing Scores This Week
Legal bills just keep piling up on Scores West boss Richard Goldring.
Both the Post and Daily News today are reporting that Francis Vargas, a former waitress at the embattled West 28th Street strip club, is suing her former supervisors for sexual harrassment.
Ms. Vargas' complaints about unwanted rump smacks and cash offers for sex comes just two months after a class-action suit filed by pole dancers who claimed that Scores management was skimming money from lapdance fees.
And the club is still battling the State Liquor Authority in order to keep its license to sell booze after several dancers were charged with prostitution last winter.
Will all the litigation finally force Mr. Goldring to sell the 10,000-square-foot stripper-plex? Stay tuned.
Will Stripper-Plex Take It All Off?
