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Stabbing, drugs, shootings at Vancouver strip club. Owner says he’s unfairly targeted
The court said reopening the club would pose a clear danger after 94 police calls and violent incidents over two years.
- The Supreme Court upheld the liquor license revocation for the Gallery Show Lounge Strip in Vancouver, ruling the club owned by Anthony Pomonis would "present a clear danger" if reopened.
- Police reported 94 calls to The Vancouver Police Department during the club's two years of operation, including incidents involving a homicide, stabbing, and shooting in which two people were shot.
- Regulators cited an "established pattern of violent incidents," inaccurate financial information, and alleged money laundering involving US$1 bills offered to tip performers, alongside drug trafficking charges against Pomonis and a Gallery employee.
- Although drug trafficking charges against Pomonis were stayed, The Public Prosecution Service of Canada said it would be "inappropriate" to provide reasons because "they are not in the public record."
- Pomonis now plans to open a new club in Calgary, Alberta, saying he brought "75 of the biggest hip hop artists in the world in the last five years" to Gallery.
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Stabbing, drugs, shootings at Vancouver strip club. Owner says he’s unfairly targeted
VANCOUVER - In the eyes of the B.C. Supreme Court, the Gallery Show Lounge Strip club in south Vancouver would "present a clear danger" to the public if its liquor
·Toronto, Canada
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Left
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