Cleveland Strip Clubs: Elyria’s Club 57 closes for good
The controversial strip club closed Saturday as part of an agreement owner David Shapiro reached with city officials to stop the city’s efforts to have him held in contempt of court for allegedly allowing strippers to expose more of themselves than a judge’s order said they could.
Shapiro had little to say about the closure of the club he opened in February 2006. He called his employees “good people” when reached for comment Monday, shortly after signing a court document that required the club to close.
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Assistant Elyria Law Director Mike Szekely had asked Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Mark Betleski to hold Shapiro in contempt after undercover Elyria police officers observed strippers violating the judge’s order in December and February.
Betleski ruled in November that the club could remain open as long as the strippers kept their genitalia and portions of their breasts covered.