Modesto Bar Loses Liquor License Due To Underage Pole Dancers
MODESTO, Calif. (CBS13) -- State agents are revoking the liquor license of a Modesto bar busted for hiring underage exotic and providing the teens with alcohol.
The California Alcoholic Beverage Control agency is posting a Notice of Revocation at the Los Limenos bar in Modesto this afternoon.
ABC says the bar used two 17-year-old dancers during a packed party back in March. Only adults over the age of 21 are allowed into a bar, regardless if they are a patron or employee.
Back in March, employees told CBS13 they had no idea the dancers were under 21 until after the event ended.
"We did not know they were underage, especially 17 years old," said security employee Migueal Ochoa.
State authorities said the underage dancers were performing pole dances and lap dances for men while dressed in lingerie.
"They were not naked, they were just night clothes. Lingerie clothes. Sexy lingerie," Ochoa said.
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Ochoa said they should have checked the identification of the performers, but said the bar's owner hired a company to provide the entertainment. The company assured them all of the dancers were over 21, he said.
"Something happened that shouldn't have happened," Ochoa said.
ABC investigators said the blame falls squarely on the bar for allowing the girls to perform and serving them alcohol.
