Stripper sues Florida over new age restrictions for workers at adult entertainment businesses

A 19-year-old and the nine wherever she worked arsenic a stripper person sued Florida’s lawyer wide and 2 section prosecutors

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A 19-year-old and the nine wherever she worked arsenic a stripper person sued Florida’s lawyer wide and 2 section prosecutors to halt enforcement of a caller authorities instrumentality prohibiting big amusement businesses from employing radical who are nether 21, claiming it violates their law rights.

Serenity Michelle Bushey claims successful the suit that she mislaid her occupation astatine Cafe Risque successful the Gainesville country aft the instrumentality took effect connected Monday since she is younger than 21. The intent of the instrumentality was to deter quality trafficking, according to Florida lawmakers.

The suit was filed Monday successful national tribunal successful Tallahassee connected behalf of Bushey, the proprietor of Cafe Risque and 2 big businesses successful Jacksonville. It seeks a imperishable injunction stopping the instrumentality from being enforced, claiming it violates their First Amendment close to escaped code and Fourteenth Amendment close to adjacent protection.

Besides Bushey, 8 different big performers who are older than 18 but younger than 21 are incapable to enactment astatine Cafe Risque due to the fact that of the caller law, the suit said.

“As with akin performers astir the state, Bushey earned her surviving done her creation portion providing amusement for the payment and enjoyment of her audience,” the suit said. “Plaintiffs person a wide ineligible close to prosecute successful protected code of this nature.”

The caller instrumentality besides prohibits hiring cooks, DJs, waitresses and information guards who are older than 18 but younger than 21, oregon adjacent usage workers successful that property radical from third-party contractors hired to execute tasks similar air-conditioning repairs oregon carpentry, according to the lawsuit.

Kylie Mason, communications manager for the Office of the Attorney General, said Tuesday that the bureau hadn't yet been served with the suit but volition support the caller law.