Attorneys representing Mandera had long insisted that VIP dancers do not show too much skin. They also challenged the constitutionality of a city ordinance that makes it illegal to sell liquor and offer semi-nude dancing at the same establishment.
On top of that battle, Mandera’s trucking firm in 2002 faced legal scrutiny after two female employees filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint that led to a federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit contends that female sales representatives were subjected on a daily basis to sexual harassment — including lewd and graphic language, sexual propositions and pornographic materials.
It also alleges that the women had to take their sales clients to Mandera’s former strip club, Crazy Horse.