Nonprofit pulls out of golf event sponsored by strip club at Trump resort

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The nonprofit that was supposed to benefit from a golf event sponsored by a strip club at President Trump's Doral, Fla., resort pulled out Wednesday. The “Shadow All Star Tournament” at the Trump golf course is still scheduled to take place Saturday.

Carlos Alamilla of the nonprofit Miami Allstars Foundation said he called the Shadow Cabaret strip club to back out after the Post ran a story on the event. “We’re not participating, and I think you should cancel the event,” Alamilla said he told the tournament’s organizers.

Alamilla told the Post that he did not realize that his group’s logo was being used in advertisements for the tournament, which also offered golfers the chance to pay for a dancer to serve as a "caddy girl" at Trump’s course.

The caddies, employees of Shadow Cabaret strip club, will appear along with the golfers after the tournament for a burlesque show with nudity.

(What is the 1/2 hour VIP room mentioned in the ad??)



https://thehill.com/homenews/452510-nonprofit-pulls-out-of-golf-event-sponsored-by-strip-club-at-trump-resort

[Sneederbunk]

1. Does Franklin Graham play golf?

[BigmanPigman]

2. Is it happening or not?!?!?

Rachel Maddow is reporting it is still going on.

*Update: She just said it has been cancelled. Good!

[Tanuki]

3. The 1/2 hour VIP room come-on was every bit as sleazy as it sounds

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/strip-club-to-host-golf-tournament-at-trump-resort-in-south-florida/2019/07/09/52a83504-a266-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html%3foutputType=amp

....."Mancuso said there would be no nudity at the resort. On the course, he said, the caddies would wear pink miniskirts and what he called “a sexy white polo.” Afterward, however, the golfers and the dancers would return to another venue — the cabaret itself — for what he described as a “very tasteful” burlesque show, which could involve nudity.

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Shadow Cabaret advertises that its strip club offers all-nude dancers, a laser light show and a decor inspired by the Miami drug epic “Scarface.”

It has been advertising the golf tournament at Doral online, on Facebook, on Instagram and via the industry website exoticdancer.com. It offers packages that claim to combine hotel rooms at Doral with services at the strip club: a $1,000 “VIP Upgrade,” for instance, includes three days at the hotel and “1/2 Hour VIP Room + Bottle @ Club.” (more at link)

[Raven123]

4. So Alamilla objects only to Miami Allstars logo on the the poster?

Does that mean he was ok with the event prior to being publicly linked to it?