The Attorney and the Sex Club

[derzauberberg]

A gay S&M sex club, closed down in November by New York City health authorities for allegedly constituting a criminal nuisance, operated for seven years out of a small Lower East Side building co-owned by a Milberg Weiss attorney, who also lived on the premises.

The attorney, Paul D. Young, 48, was a partner at Milberg Weiss until late January or early February 2005, when his status at the firm changed to “of counsel,” which is what it remains today. Neither he nor the firm would comment on why his status changed — or, indeed, on any other aspect of this article. (“Of counsel” is a grab-bag term with many meanings; sometimes it refers to partners who are retired or semi-retired, or phasing out their practices.)

http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/07/27/the-attorney-and-the-sex-club/

How profitable are commercial sex clubs? Does anyone have any idea how much cash these places bring in for the operators?

[xchrom]

1. do you want to open one?

they are a lot of fun -- but the initial overhead can be quite expensive.

one of my fav straight porn folk -- paid something like 14 mil to start a porn/sex club operation in sf.

you can probably open for a good deal les than that -- but still pricey.

[deadmessengers]

2. Good question...

How profitable are commercial sex clubs? Does anyone have any idea how much cash these places bring in for the operators?

Why? Thinking of opening a new business? :rofl:

Seriously, though; While it's pretty tough to do market research for such a business, I would imagine that people who invest their time and money and run the very real risk of public censure (like Paul Young, referred to in the article) aren't doing it out of pure love for their fellow humans. There's certainly money to be made there.