Las Vegas strip club owner accused of running an illegal brothel makes a sensational appearance in court with blown out hair and gold rimmed glasses – as judge drops several allegations in landlord lawsuit
- Las Vegas striptease club owner Sam Aldabbagh made a showstopping appearance in court on Monday December 9
- He appeared in court with blown out hair, a thinly trimmed mustache and gold rimmed glasses as a judge threw out several allegations in a landlord lawsuit
- Aldabbagh is accused of running a brothel inside the Can Can Room striptease club in Las Vegas, which he’s run for the past 40 years
- The struck allegations include claims that he sleeps with his dancers and has a bed in the VIP rooms where workers perform sex acts for money
- However, allegations related to a tenant breach-of-contract will proceed to trial
- He’s being sued for running an illegal brothel and failing to vacate his club by real estate firm the Siegel Group, which purchased the building in May
A Las Vegas strip club owner accused of running an illegal brothel made a sensational appearance in court with his hair blown out while sporting a thinly trimmed mustache and extravagant gold rimmed glasses, as a judge dropped several allegations against his club.
Sam Aldabbagh is accused of running a brothel inside the Can Can Room striptease club in Las Vegas, located just west of the main Strip, which he’s run for the past 40 years.
On Monday December 9 District Judge Mark Denton struck several allegations from the lawsuit by the club’s new landlord against Aldabbagh that accused him of sleeping with his dancers and having them perform sex acts with customers for money.
However, allegations related to a tenant breach-of-contract will proceed to trial.
Las Vegas striptease club owner Sam Aldabbagh made a showstopping appearance in court on Monday December 9 with blown out hair, a thinly trimmed mustache and gold rimmed glasses as a judge threw out several allegations again him in a landlord lawsuit
Sam Aldabbagh is accused of running a brothel inside the Can Can Room striptease club in Las Vegas, located just west of the main Strip, which he’s run for the past 40 years
Some of the struck allegations include claims the striptease club dancers were required to engage in sex acts with Aldabbagh and customers, that he employed a madam to collect money from patrons for sex acts, and that the strip joint had VIP rooms with beds where workers performed sex acts in exchange for compensation.
The Siegel Group, a Las Vegas real estate firm, purchased the building that houses the Can Can Room in May.
The firm sued Aldabbagh on September 5 alleging he ran an ‘illegal business’ in violation of state law and his lease and refused to vacate the property, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Aldabbagh has run the club, located on Sammy Davis Jr. Drive Drive, for over four decades.
Its business license has been revoked on September 25. Aldabbagh appealed the decision, seeking judicial review.
Just last month Aldabbagh’s legal team filed court papers to try and strike the lawsuit or portions of it at best.
His lawyers accused the landlord of ‘a slew of horrendous allegations’ without evidence in an attempt to ‘unjustly terminate’ Aldabbagh’s lease.
Aldabbagh’s lawyer H. Stan Johnson said in court that the brothel-related claims were ‘clearly an attempt to defame’ him, adding he’s a ‘family man’ and longtime resident of the community.
Aldabbagh has run the club, located on Sammy Davis Jr. Drive Drive, for over four decades
Its business license has been revoked on September 25. Aldabbagh appealed the decision, seeking judicial review
Siegel Group lawyer Brandon Trout argued that the allegations ‘go to the heart’ of its claim that Aldabbagh failed to surrender the property after getting a three-day notice to vacate.
Trout said that there are cameras throughout the clip including the VIP rooms and Aldabbagh controls everything that goes down in the Can Can Room.
‘Nothing goes on in there without his knowledge,’ Trout said.
In the lawsuit the Siegel Group attached a Las Vegas police report detailing how two employees were arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitution in an undercover operation at the Can Can Room on July 19.
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