Strip clubs are the latest type of business to want government assistance to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The owners of three strip clubs in Michigan and Wisconsin have filed suit against the U.S. Small Business Administration in recent days, asserting they should be eligible for loans as part of the CARES Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump.
The strip clubs that sued were the Little Darlings strip club in Flint, Mich., and Silk Exotic Gentlemen’s Clubs in Milwaukee and Middleton, Wis., according to CNN.
The Small Business Administration says businesses with live performances of a “prurient sexual nature” are not eligible for the loans.
“The emergency regulations promulgated by the Small Business Administration … improperly and unconstitutionally limit benefits to businesses and workers unquestionably engaged in First Amendment-protected expression,” a lawsuit filed on behalf of Little Darlings says.
The lawsuit says Little Darlings wants to take part in the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program, which provides small businesses with funds to pay their employees.
Meanwhile, a company headed by strip club owner Jason Mohney also filed suit against the Small Business Administration. His company owns more than two dozen strip clubs in Michigan, Nevada, Louisiana, Illinois, Florida, Oklahoma and California, according to the Detroit News. Among…
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