The owner of the ramshackle Las Vegas strip club Can Can Room has been sued by his landlord, who alleges the cabaret also operates an “illegal brothel” on the premises.
Eli Segall at the Las Vegas Review Journal reports on the complaint filed September 5 in Clark County District Court:
The Siegel Group, new owner of the building that houses the Can Can Room, levied several allegations in court papers against club owner Sam Aldabbagh, whose decades-old strip joint behind the under-construction Resorts World Las Vegas offers “world-renowned beauties in the buff” and dancers who provide the “one-on-one attention you desire in our beautiful decorated bedrooms,” its website says.
Among other things, the landlord alleged in the lawsuit that women who apply for a job at the Can Can Room — whose Clark County business license is currently suspended — are “required” to engage in sex acts with Aldabbagh “as part of their ‘interview.’?”
The Can Can Room has been operating since the 1970s as a fully nude club in Las Vegas, which means it can only sell non-alcoholic drinks. Bummer.
Sex in the champagne room
The lawsuit, a copy of which is reproduced below, alleges that Aldabbagh “employs a ‘Madam’” who screens women for interviews and collects money from customers for sex acts; and the club has VIP Rooms with beds where employees perform sex acts “in exchange for compensation.”
The Siegel Group also alleges that Aldabbagh “is aware of everything that happens” in the Can Can Room, claiming he “closely monitors” the activities through video and audio surveillance.
An attorney for Aldabbagh told the Review Journal that the “allegations regarding an unlawful business are completely false, and we will vigorously defend against them on all levels until we prevail.”
The Can Can Room, located at 3155 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, just west of the famed Las Vegas Strip, was acquired by Steve Siegel in May.
Ironically, Siegel operates the Siegel Suites chain of low-priced apartments, which are notorious dens of drugs and prostitution in Vegas.
The Review Journal report also includes details of an undercover police operation held at the cabaret in July:
Las Vegas police conducted an undercover operation at the Can Can Room in the early hours of July 19, which led, in part, to two employees being arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, according to a letter dated Aug. 1 from the Metropolitan Police Department to The Siegel Group. The letter is attached to the lawsuit.
Officer Alejandra Zambrano, a Metro spokeswoman, told the Review-Journal on Wednesday that three women were arrested, two on suspicion of soliciting/engaging in prostitution and one on suspicion of one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Can Can Room’s business license was suspended July 30, Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said.
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