THE son of the owner of Kings Cross strip club Bada Bing has been jailed for bashing a man who hired an escort from the club and claimed she promised him “the time of our life”.
Dimitri Papadopoulos, 19, was one of three men found guilty of bashing Bondi tennis coach Ronen Israeli so severely outside the nightspot he was left with a fractured face and a smashed cheek bone.
Papadopoulos is the son of Gary Papadopoulos and works at the club as a cashier, the Downing Centre Local Court heard.
Mr Israeli told gave evidence in court that he paid $350 to the cashier at club to take a Swedish “hostess” named Annika Sorensen out of the club to his Coogee home to have sex with her.
Bada Bing, Kings Cross - Independent Liquor and Gaming ...
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The new liquor licensing laws no longer make it an offence for a sex worker to solicit in licensed premises. BUT, under liquor licensing laws it may be an offence for licensees to allow soliciting on their premises because this could be defined as 'indecent conduct'.
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Other material presented included claims that Responsible Service of Alcohol marshalls were turning a blind eye to excessive drinking and were spotted doing shots at the bar on one occasion. The high levels of alcohol consumption resulted in patrons starting trouble on the streets after leaving, police said, and, in one case, a stripper was caught drink-driving after consuming "two alcohol drinks during her shift on the premises".
