oldschoolny Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htmFebruary 3, 2004 -- BEWARE of the bathrooms in some of Manhattan's most chic and trendy nightclubs - women are being sexually assaulted inside the stalls. A 19-year-old woman told police last week that three men broke into a bathroom in the rear of Nocturne on Bleecker Street and "raped and sodomized" her. The victim told detectives at the Sixth Precinct that three "well-dressed Caucasian men" burst into the club's lavatory on the night of Jan. 6 and "raped her vaginally and anally," The Villager newspaper reports. Meanwhile, the Chelsea club Sessa has agreed to permanently close its doors tomorrow after being the target of more than 30 police investigations of incidents including a rape, a robbery and 13 assaults in less than a year. Sessa, in the basement of the high-rise apartment building at 208 W. 23rd St., has drawn residents' complaints since it opened last year. But owner Stratis Morfogen tells us no charges were ever filed in the rape investigation. He claims the probe was just another example of police persecution of his club. Morfogen, who was once arrested for "criminal nuisance in the third degree" by cops responding to a brawl at the venue, has since filed a $100 million harassment lawsuit against the city. Last December, a nightcrawler at rapper Jay-Z's Chelsea hot spot the 40/40 was arrested for rape after a 21-year-old woman claimed she was attacked in one of the club's unisex bathrooms. In that case, the victim told cops she met her alleged attacker, Mario Valenzuela-Caranz, 22, of Nutley, N.J., at 40/40 that night and consented to have oral sex with him in the bathroom. But Valenzuela-Caranz later allegedly forced her to have intercourse, law-enforcement sources told The Post back in December. Bob Zuckerman, executive director of the New York Nightlife Association, told PAGE SIX: "Any rape is one too many, but in terms of any systemic problem at nightclubs, I'm not hearing that. One would hope that these incidents are random and rare. "Clubs obviously have to take responsible precautions regarding their security and they have to be paying attention to what's happening inside their establishments." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyblanco818 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I read that today too. I can't belive they even let Sessa stay open with all that going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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