What is the name of your state? Nevada
I am unsure if this is the correct forum in which to gain an answer to my legal question, so I will post it but if it is in the wrong area please let me know.
My boyfriend and I were involved in an incident in an after hours nightclub here in the city of Las Vegas , where we live. We entered the nightclub around 3 in the morning with a group of about 15. At around 6 in the morning the club was busy and the cocktail waitress was very slow. At this point one of our friends asked my boyfriend to go order him a bottle of Crown Royal from the supervisor.
My boyfriend and I proceded to go the supervisor, request the bottle, and then immediatley found the cocktail waitress to inform her that the bottle had been ordered and to inform her which gentleman the bottle and the bill were to be deliverd to.
At this point we went to dance and then to the washrooms. About 30 minutes later two large men came up to us and demanaded that we follow them to the entrance area. The manager arrived and informed us that our friend had recieved the bottle and the bill but upon the bottles opening he dispusted it's quality and refused asking instead to see the manager. Acorrding to the manager our friend had left the club and had not paid for the bottle, therefor we must pay for it because it was my boyfriend who had verbally asked the manager for it to be delivered.
We explained that we had informed the cocktail waitress whom the bottle and the bill were to be presented to and she verfied that she had indeed presented the gentleman with the bottle and the bill and that my boyfriend and I were not present at the table.
At this point we were once again told that we had to pay for the bottle. When we refused we were surround by several large men and forced into a corner of the room so that we were unable to move or exit because the large gentleman were barring our way. The manger that said that if we did not pay we would be detained by the club's security for an undisclosed amount of time in an undisclosed area.
I began to become frightened as we were being phisically barred from moving out of the corner. We were told once again to either pay the bill or they were going to seperate us and detain my boyfriend only, without informing me of where they were going to take him or how long he was going to be detainded for. I was the very scared and distressed at the thought of being seperated from him and being alone in the hostile enviroment of the club without a way of knowing what was happening to him. I proceded to try to use my cell phone to call the Metro Police so that they could be informed of the situation, however because the nightclub was underground I could not get recpetion and was physically barred from reaching a land line.
We were then further harassed, saying that we were too poor to pay for the bill and that we were trying to steal from him, this continued on for about 20 minutes with us refusing to pay and him berating us and physcially preventing our exit from the club. Finally I was under so much duress and so scared that I consented to give him my credit card and ID so that he could make a copy and scan my card for the amount of the bottle but that he not charge my card as we would return with the gentleman who had been presented with the bottle and bill later in the afternoon so that he could pay for it and explain the situation. The manager told me that I must leave my card with him and when I protested we were once again threatened with seperation and detainment in a backroom. Being the only women present and at this point fearing for our saftey I was forced to consent at which time the manager gave me his bussiness card and told me to call him once we were returning with the gentleman to pay for the tab, at which point he would return my card. Then security escorted us directly to our vehical.
The time is now aproxamatley 8 in the morning and we procede to contact the gentleman who had recieved the bottle and he immeadiatley agreed to return with us to rectify the situation. We all had to take time off of work and I called the manager around 11am to let him know we were returning, he then said it would me more convient for him if he met with me at my house alone to recieve the money and return my card, and I informed him that I was uncomfortable with this suggestion being a female and explained that my boyfriend, the gentleman and I were all coming to meet with him as had originally been planned in his place of business. I also requested that his suppervisor of opperations be present for the meeting.
Once we returned, our friend explained that he disputed the bottle quality and that during the presentation of the bottle and bill my boyfriend and I had not been present nor had we consumed any of it at any point. A review of the tapes from the evening confirmed this. Clearly we had not been liable for the payment under any circumastances, yet we were physically detained, harrassed verbaly, frightend and forced into giving up my property.
Also I was contacted about meeting offsight privatly with me personaly, making me feel sexual uncomfortable by the request.
My question is; is this a matter for which I can seek dammages, we have several wittnessed to the harssment, not to mention the money we lost by having to leave work in order to regain my property. I am having recurring fears about detainment and have generaly been in poor mental health since the incident.
I am unsure if this is the correct forum in which to gain an answer to my legal question, so I will post it but if it is in the wrong area please let me know.
My boyfriend and I were involved in an incident in an after hours nightclub here in the city of Las Vegas , where we live. We entered the nightclub around 3 in the morning with a group of about 15. At around 6 in the morning the club was busy and the cocktail waitress was very slow. At this point one of our friends asked my boyfriend to go order him a bottle of Crown Royal from the supervisor.
My boyfriend and I proceded to go the supervisor, request the bottle, and then immediatley found the cocktail waitress to inform her that the bottle had been ordered and to inform her which gentleman the bottle and the bill were to be deliverd to.
At this point we went to dance and then to the washrooms. About 30 minutes later two large men came up to us and demanaded that we follow them to the entrance area. The manager arrived and informed us that our friend had recieved the bottle and the bill but upon the bottles opening he dispusted it's quality and refused asking instead to see the manager. Acorrding to the manager our friend had left the club and had not paid for the bottle, therefor we must pay for it because it was my boyfriend who had verbally asked the manager for it to be delivered.
We explained that we had informed the cocktail waitress whom the bottle and the bill were to be presented to and she verfied that she had indeed presented the gentleman with the bottle and the bill and that my boyfriend and I were not present at the table.
At this point we were once again told that we had to pay for the bottle. When we refused we were surround by several large men and forced into a corner of the room so that we were unable to move or exit because the large gentleman were barring our way. The manger that said that if we did not pay we would be detained by the club's security for an undisclosed amount of time in an undisclosed area.
I began to become frightened as we were being phisically barred from moving out of the corner. We were told once again to either pay the bill or they were going to seperate us and detain my boyfriend only, without informing me of where they were going to take him or how long he was going to be detainded for. I was the very scared and distressed at the thought of being seperated from him and being alone in the hostile enviroment of the club without a way of knowing what was happening to him. I proceded to try to use my cell phone to call the Metro Police so that they could be informed of the situation, however because the nightclub was underground I could not get recpetion and was physically barred from reaching a land line.
We were then further harassed, saying that we were too poor to pay for the bill and that we were trying to steal from him, this continued on for about 20 minutes with us refusing to pay and him berating us and physcially preventing our exit from the club. Finally I was under so much duress and so scared that I consented to give him my credit card and ID so that he could make a copy and scan my card for the amount of the bottle but that he not charge my card as we would return with the gentleman who had been presented with the bottle and bill later in the afternoon so that he could pay for it and explain the situation. The manager told me that I must leave my card with him and when I protested we were once again threatened with seperation and detainment in a backroom. Being the only women present and at this point fearing for our saftey I was forced to consent at which time the manager gave me his bussiness card and told me to call him once we were returning with the gentleman to pay for the tab, at which point he would return my card. Then security escorted us directly to our vehical.
The time is now aproxamatley 8 in the morning and we procede to contact the gentleman who had recieved the bottle and he immeadiatley agreed to return with us to rectify the situation. We all had to take time off of work and I called the manager around 11am to let him know we were returning, he then said it would me more convient for him if he met with me at my house alone to recieve the money and return my card, and I informed him that I was uncomfortable with this suggestion being a female and explained that my boyfriend, the gentleman and I were all coming to meet with him as had originally been planned in his place of business. I also requested that his suppervisor of opperations be present for the meeting.
Once we returned, our friend explained that he disputed the bottle quality and that during the presentation of the bottle and bill my boyfriend and I had not been present nor had we consumed any of it at any point. A review of the tapes from the evening confirmed this. Clearly we had not been liable for the payment under any circumastances, yet we were physically detained, harrassed verbaly, frightend and forced into giving up my property.
Also I was contacted about meeting offsight privatly with me personaly, making me feel sexual uncomfortable by the request.
My question is; is this a matter for which I can seek dammages, we have several wittnessed to the harssment, not to mention the money we lost by having to leave work in order to regain my property. I am having recurring fears about detainment and have generaly been in poor mental health since the incident.
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