September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
The government said it ended the operation as soon as it discovered that the under-age girl was involved. The witness, who was participating in an investigation of the Gambino crime family, learned of the prostitution ring in June 2009 and reported it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, prosecutors said. The witness was then authorized to participate in the trafficking activity for investigative purposes.
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Mr. McMahon claimed in court papers that the witness, Jude Buoneto, who assisted in the trafficking, was a convicted sex abuser who in the 1990s had raped one girl and sexually abused another, and who had also once run a brothel with his mother in Brooklyn.
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But a prosecutor, Elie Honig, wrote that Mr. McMahon’s motion was “completely meritless” and asked that it be denied. He said the description of Mr. Buoneto’s background was “wildly inaccurate” and that the accusations of rape and operating a brothel were “completely false.”
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September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
But Goldberg is much more than just a litigator. As director of the Law School’s Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic, which she founded in 2007, she helps students use the law, legislative drafting, public policy advocacy and media commentary as ways of securing rights related to gender and sexuality. “We leave no stone unturned in our efforts to advance equality,” she says.
The clinic’s recent efforts have included helping a transgender refugee from Mexico obtain asylum in United States; submitting a brief to the New York Court of Appeals on behalf of a nonbiological mother who was denied access to the child she was raising with her former partner; and opposing the New York City police practice of using condom possession as evidence of intent to commit prostitution. (The practice discourages sex workers from carrying condoms.) In 2010, the clinic issued a report about families selling female children into domestic labor. “Our range of interests is diverse,” says Goldberg.
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September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
Running from the law doesn’t work and now Brown will face trial for these serious crimes.” According to the Complaint filed in Manhattan federal court and other documents filed in the case: BROWN participated in an international criminal operation that smuggled women from South Korea into the United States, and placed those women at various prostitution businesses located throughout the Northeastern United States. BROWN owned a prostitution business known as “14K Spa,” which was located in downtown Washington, DC. BROWN and her co-conspirators utilized a network of drivers to deliver Korean women to work at the conspirators’ businesses as prostitutes, and to transport women within the network to meet customer demand. BROWN generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual income at her business, by charging customers “house fees” to have sex with the women, while paying them no wages or salaries.
See the full article from “7thSpace Interactive (press release)”
September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
Mark Barber, 48, of Levittown was arraigned on an 80-count indictment Tuesday.
The D.A. said Barber used his position as a grievance officer for the female prison population to pressure inmates into sexual relationships.
Barber allegedly targeted inmates with histories of drug abuse, prostitution, or mental health treatment.
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FF)) 48 YEAR OLD MARK BARBER OF LEVITTOWN WAS ARRAIGNED ON AN 80-COUNT INDICTMENT YESTERDAY. THE D-A SAYS BARBER USED HIS POSITION AS A GRIEVANCE OFFICER FOR THE FEMALE PRISON POPULATION — TO PRESSURE INMATES INTO SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS. BARBER ALLEGEDLY TARGETED INMATES WITH HISTORIES OF DRUG ABUSE, PROSTITUTION, OR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
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September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
The latest poll of 1,497 registered voters also found that the majority of New Yorkers and residents statewide recognised that mosque developers had the right to build it, but wanted them to voluntary move it away from the World Trade Centre.
Bloomberg is a staunch supporter of the proposed Islamic Centre near the Ground Zero, the site of the fallen Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Local media reports say majority of Americans are against the project coming up near the Ground Zero.
Meanwhile, the American media has dug out old police records of one the developers, Sharif El-Gamal, 37, which includes several misdemeanour charges during his teens and 20s.
Charges included disorderly conduct, drunk driving and attempted shoplifting, according to the New York Post.
“And he was arrested once for punching a man who owed his brother money and another time for soliciting a prostitute. The Post had earlier reported that Gamal owed the city USD 224,270 in property taxes,” the report said.
See the full article from “MSN India”
September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan adult entertainment
As of the filing of the application, Starlight is reportedly still negotiating with the Taj Mahal, but the details of the planned club are laid out in the application, and is imagined as being similar to the Scores New York club. The physical location will be in the former Stage Deli space, on the second level of the Taj Mahal, taking up approximately 9,800 square feet of inside space with an adjacent outdoor patio area of about 5,400 square feet.
“It will be a richly furnished, first class, exceptional facility consistent with the Scores brand,” reads the application. “A significant admission fee and dress code for patrons will be enforced. However, unlike the New York facility, the Atlantic City operation will not include a restaurant, and the entertainment offered will be only as permitted by the rules and regulations of the New Jersey licensing and regulatory authorities.”
In fact, the differences will be significant. New York allows topless dancing in adult entertainment clubs, but New Jersey does no …
See the full article from “AVN News (press release)”
September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan strip clubs
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, four American passenger jetliners were hijacked by al Qaeda terrorists. One plane plowed into the Pentagon. Passengers stormed the cockpit and brought another plane down in rural Pennsylvania.
The other two were flown into the World Trade Center in New York, collapsing both towers. All told, nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks — 2,753 of them in New York at “Ground Zero.”
That’s the “hallowed ground” we hear about when right-thinking politicians denounce the “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is actually two blocks away and is more of a community center than a mosque. And within those blocks are bars and strip clubs and fast-food joints — hardly anyone’s idea of the sacred. But most of the contention from the Newts and Sarahs of this world ignores mere facts, and focuses instead on “hallowed ground.”
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September 1, 2010
· Filed under Manhattan massage parlors
The following information is taken directly from the Nassau County Police Department’s First and Seventh Precinct incident reports. None of the defendants have been convicted of a crime.
On Aug. 25, John George Nictas, 18, of Merrick, was arrested on Merrick Road and charged with driving while intoxicated and four violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
On Aug. 29, Arthur Myers, 67, of Staten Island, was pulled over on the Southern State Parkway for having no break lights and using his cell phone. Myers was charged with DWI and resisting arrest after becoming combative towards the officer. Police said Myers had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .13 percent.
On Aug. 24, Min Jung Kwon, 51, of Flushing, was arrested for allegedly offering to perform sexual acts on undercover detectives inside the Merrick massage parlor where she worked. Kwon was charged with two counts each of Unauthorized Practice a Crime and Prostitution.
See the full article from “Patch”