5 bikini baristas accused of prostitution

[snopes]

Five Washington state baristas charged customers to touch their breasts and buttocks at an espresso stand where servers wear bikinis to draw business, police said.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...ista24-ON.html

[Jay Tea]

If all this wadded up money was making contact with random genitalia i'd be seriously worried about the potential state of my change

[Johnny Slick]

I would say that, generally speaking, you should not lick money anyway. Overall, though, I am mostly just glad that our state isn't in the news for having sex with horses or peeing on money.

[Jay Tea]

Originally Posted by Johnny Slick

I would say that, generally speaking, you should not lick money anyway. Overall, though, I am mostly just glad that our state isn't in the news for having sex with horses or peeing on money.

You wish

...or did you mean the coffee thing was a welcome distraction?

[Dr. Dave]

The Everett Herald reports the women were charging up to $80 to strip down while fixing lattes and mochas

Wouldn't that also be a healthcode violation, risking the restaurant's certificate?

The city council is expected to decide next week whether to change the city's lewd conduct ordinance to cover espresso stands

Does it currently exclude them?

[lyra_silvertongue]

Are those acts really prostitution? It all sounds within the realm of what a stripper would do, and that's legal.

[Mickey Blue]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

Are those acts really prostitution? It all sounds within the realm of what a stripper would do, and that's legal.

I suspect it depends on what kind of touching exactly was going on, but you are right it sounds a lot like what you'd get in a strip club to me rather then 'prostitution', unless more is going on then reported.

Of course, depending on the areas rules regarding strip clubs it could still be illegal, but a far cry from prostitution.

I do find it funny that women serving people drinks wearing bikinis/underware is A-Ok, but women taking said clothing off is horrifically wrong and illegal.

-MB

[Enchanting_eyes]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

Are those acts really prostitution? It all sounds within the realm of what a stripper would do, and that's legal.

In the strip clubs that I have gone too, patrons are not allowed to touch the women, and if they do they get promptly escorted out by some mean looking bouncers.



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[Mickey Blue]

Originally Posted by Enchanting_eyes

In the strip clubs that I have gone too, patrons are not allowed to touch the women, and if they do they get promptly escorted out by some mean looking bouncers.



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I had always assumed this was due to the wishes of the women vs. the law (though I guess it could be both). Obviously touching is allowed in some (lap dances and all) however.

-MB

[snopes]

Originally Posted by lyra_silvertongue

Are those acts really prostitution? It all sounds within the realm of what a stripper would do, and that's legal.

As the article states, "Charging money for that kind of touching falls under the city's definition of prostitution."

[Enchanting_eyes]

Originally Posted by Mickey Blue

I had always assumed this was due to the wishes of the women vs. the law (though I guess it could be both). Obviously touching is allowed in some (lap dances and all) however.

-MB

The first time I went to a strip club I touched one of the girls, not sexual but in trying to tip her I guess, and a guy quickly came over and said I was not allowed to touch the dancers.

So I kinda of carry that over to lap dances as well. The dancer can touch you but you cannot touch them back, as the touching is just part of the dance.
I wouldn't know how hard it is to give a lap dance ( I think it would be more laughable then sexy if I did so. ) and not touch the person you are giving the dance too, but it is very easy for said person not to touch the dancer.

ETA: But yeah, it would all depend on local law, and the strip club itself rather or not patrons can touch the dancers.


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[fitz1980]

Originally Posted by Mickey Blue

I had always assumed this was due to the wishes of the women vs. the law (though I guess it could be both). Obviously touching is allowed in some (lap dances and all) however.

-MB

Usually that's part of the law. It depends on where you go. In some parts of Florida and Vegas they have "full friction" lap dances where touching is allowed. In most places that's illegal. I know in Cobb County, GA (where I grew up) they shut a place down because the girls touched some undercover guys in a club, tax dollars at work.