17 Arrested at California ‘Bikini Café’ Following Viral Video Describing Business as a ‘Strip Club’
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Police shut down DD Café in Garden Grove, California, after “complaints of illegal activity”
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On February 5, 17 people, including business owners, were arrested.
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The arrests come just days after a TikTok user described DD Café as a “strip club” in a viral video about the business
Police shut down a California cafe known for its bikini-clad employees following “complaints of illegal activity” and a viral TikTok describing it as a “strip club.”
Seventeen people were arrested at DD Café on Thursday, February 5, following a police investigation into the Garden Grove, California business, the Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD) announced on February 5. newsletter.
GGPD said the department’s Special Investigations Unit conducted the investigation into DD Café “following complaints that illegal activity was occurring within the business.” On February 5, police executed a search warrant at the business. Gang suppression officers were at the scene, according to the release.
GGPD’s Sgt. Nick Jensen told Orange County Register He said police found DD Café employees serving customers while wearing bikinis and in what the newspaper described as “various states of undress.”
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Los Angeles Times He reported that the business operated as a “bikini cafe”. Yelp page It features bikini-clad photos of employees working for the business and is listed in the business categories “coffee and tea,” “juice bars and smoothies,” and “adult entertainment.”
Jensen also said Orange County Register It was stated that business owners were among the 17 people arrested in the February 5 raid.
The GGPD sergeant said the cafe violated public nudity and alcohol ordinances, as well as other Garden Grove municipal laws. According to the newspaper’s report, citing authorities, the business was not allowed to sell alcohol in the area.
According to the police, apart from the arrests, DD Café was also red tagged. That means the business must cease operations until the various violations are remedied, Jensen said. Orange County Register. The business is currently listed as closed on Google.
The owners of DD Café could not be reached for comment. A GGPD spokesperson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Garden Grove Police Department
The police investigation and arrests came after a video describing the Orange County establishment as a “strip club” went viral. tiktok.
“I accidentally went to a strip club today and I know what you’re thinking. ‘Accidentally?’ “No, actually really,” defined by user @dosdaygirl: CBS News As Paulina Abena said in her video, which reached nearly 2 million views on February 2.
Abena described DD Café as “topless” on TikTok, stating that she visited after searching for coffee shops in the area and finding the now-closed business. “They wanted to say double D, like tits,” she says of the business name. “When I walk in, everyone’s naked. They’re literally all naked. … I’m the only woman in here who’s not naked.”
Garden Grove Police Department
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Police previously took action against a “bikini cafe” in Garden Grove, Jensen said. Orange County Register.
He also told the newspaper that authorities believe similar organizations operate elsewhere in the area.
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