What’s a boy’s 16th birthday party without strippers and lap dances? A
New York mother has been charged with five counts of endangering the
welfare of a child after she allegedly hired two strippers to perform
lap dances on the guests at her son’s 16th birthday party. Judy
Viger, 33, hired the women from a company called Tops in Bottoms and
arranged for them to perform in a private room at the Spare Time Bowling
Center in South Glens Falls on Nov. 3.
At the party, the women performed
what police describe as “personal and intimate” dances with the party
guests, some of whom were as young as 13. Approximately
80 people attended the party, including a 13-year-old and many adults
who later said they were outraged at the sexually charged performances.
Police were alerted to the party
activities after raunchy photos of the lap dances were posted online.
The mother of a 15-year-old boy who attended the party saw some of the
photos on her son’s Facebook page and alerted South Glens Falls
authorities.
“The charges stem from an
allegation that she endangered not only the welfare of her own child,
but the welfare of the 14- and 15-year-old children that were at the
birthday party as well,” Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy
told the Glens Falls Post-Star. The
company providing the strippers said that the dancers were unaware that
the kids at the party were underage, local CBS affiliate WRGB reported,
and that the incident was being “blown out of proportion.”
Police said that Tops in Bottoms cooperated fully with their investigation and does not face any charges.
Viger, who has a March 7 court date, faces up to a year in prison if convicted.
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