Undercover officers couldn’t help but notice the smiling young women in Tampa Bay Buccaneers jerseys handing out fliers before last week’s kickoff against the Chicago Bears, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
But it was the sight of four men guarding a jet-black motor home, decorated with a sign for strip club Déjà Vu, that really raised suspicion.
Six women performed lap dances inside the 40-foot motor home parked across from the football stadium, charging $20 to $40 apiece, depending on whether they danced topless or totally nude, according to the newspaper.
Men paid a $20 cover charge and were served alcohol, said the Tampa Police.
Officers also caught a male patron smoking marijuana in the back of the of the motor home, said police.
Police charged all sex dancers with being nude in a commercial establishment, violations of Tampa ordinances, according to the report.
Defense attorney Luke Lirot is still reviewing the state criminal charges filed by police, but he does not think the alleged city ordinance violations will stand up in court.
“The fact that this doesn’t take place at a specific business location would render those charges inapplicable,” Lirot told AP.
He said a Déjà Vu manager parked the “party bus” across from the stadium to advertise their club.
“This was simply to generate interest in the business,” Lirot said.
As a result of the raid, local commissioners plan to discuss tightening county ordinances that could pertain to mobile adult-entertainment venues,the newspaper said.
Defense attorney Lirot suggests the charges were zoning issues, not moral ones, saying, “How would you have any zoning impact if you’re in a different zone every few feet.”
