S.I. strip club targeted over love for sale
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.