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'A Lot of Entitlement': Boston Restaurant Under Investigation for Patriots After-Hours Party
Estella's owner faces penalties after a January party with 30 attendees, including Patriots players, involved in after-hours drinking, smoking, and unauthorized adult entertainment.
- On Jan. 27, police responded to Estella on Temple Place around 2:20 a.m. and found a private after‑hours party involving New England Patriots members, prompting a license inspection notice for violations, while owner Helder George Brandao faces the Boston Licensing Board.
- After the Jan. 25 AFC Championship, Brandao said players unexpectedly showed up at Estella with gym bags carrying alcohol including '1942s', hookahs, and their own entertainment.
- When officers entered the basement, Boston police found about 30 people, six large hookahs, and $1 bills on the floor, with security blocking stair access and women running to the kitchen.
- The Boston Licensing Board will vote Thursday on penalties for violations including indoor smoking and unlicensed adult entertainment, with possible suspension, revocation, or modification of Brandao's liquor license, while Commissioner Keena Saxon warned it may not be worth risking the license.
- Brandao said he accepts full responsibility and apologized, adding he is conducting an internal review, while Kathleen Joyce said, 'I did spend 38 minutes yesterday reviewing body cam footage and I'm greatly concerned you had some unauthorized entertainment.
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