A lawsuit has been filed by over a dozen individuals against several strip clubs in Tempe and Scottsdale. The plaintiffs allege that they were given drugs and their credit cards were fraudulently used to make purchases exceeding a combined $1 million.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against multiple companies who are the owners of Skin Cabaret, Bones Cabaret, and Dream Palace in Scottsdale and Tempe. These three establishments are known as “sister clubs” and are situated along Scottsdale Road.

In December, a lawsuit was initiated on behalf of 15 individuals, and on Feb. 13, another man was included in the lawsuit.

According to court papers, the businesses were responsible for a plan in which customers were given drugs, followed by the theft of their wallets and cellphones. The lawsuit stated that while the victims were unconscious, pictures were taken of them and their signatures were fraudulently used to make charges on their credit cards.

Between October 2021 and November 16, 2023, a series of incidents occurred at three different clubs. According to all of the men involved, they had their money stolen.

On February 10, 2022, an alleged victim recounted his experience at Skin Cabaret where he allegedly spent a total of $6,300 on drinks and a private dance. He was charged an additional $4,800 in another transaction. According to the victim, he lost consciousness after what he believes was a drugging of his drinks he consumed.

Another victim alleges a dancer used his fingerprint and forced him into signing for authorized charges of $187,600 on his American Express card. The victim is claiming that the signatures and initials on the payments were not his own.

On November 20, 2021, a different individual stated that he visited Bone Cabaret and acknowledged spending $170 for a personal room and $4,000 for dances. However, he denies ever authorizing charges amounting to $58,820. He alleges that he was drugged and asserts that another person signed credit card receipts for tipping the hostess $6,000 and paying someone else $8,550.

According to the alleged victim, the staff coerced him into posing for a photo while holding a clipboard in order to secure approval for the charges.

In addition, in the lawsuit, a man reported he was allegedly given a drug without his knowledge at Bones Cabaret in March 2022. He was then taken to a secluded room. Despite the efforts of his two friends to rescue him, the staff refused to allow them to intervene. The man alleges that his signature and initials were forged by employees who also used his thumbprint on several receipts to charge his credit card for “tips”. He later discovered that he had been charged a total of $109,764 without his authorization.

The legal action documents paint a consistent pattern of males claiming to have been given drugs and having their credit cards charged with unauthorized transactions by club staff.

The plaintiffs are requesting a jury trial and seeking reimbursement, in addition to punitive damages.

The strip club’s legal team are refuting the allegations of misconduct and contend that all services were properly agreed upon and no fraudulent activity has occurred.