New York Daily News

S.I. strip club targeted over love for sale

- John Annese

THE CITY is moving to shut down a Staten Island strip club where it says customers could get more than just lap dances, according to legal papers .

Touch Gentlemen’s Club on Victory Blvd. near Travis Ave. in Travis proved a bit too true to its name, according to a nuisanceab­atement lawsuit filed Monday. Twice in the past three months, an undercover cop busted prostitute­s inside the club — one of whom offered sex for $1,500, the suit alleges.

The club’s liquor license is held by Anthony Perosi III, who in 2015 split a $136 million Powerball jackpot with his dad. Perosi called the allegation­s in the lawsuit “nonsense” and referred all questions to his lawyer.

Touch has been the scene of violence — including shootings, both nonfatal, on Feb. 27 and April 28.

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