Dad fights son's $53,000 strip club tab.

[edbermac]

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- A father wants investigators to pursue fraud and larceny charges against a Panhandle strip club after his son ran up a $53,000 bill in a single night while celebrating his college graduation. Joe Salter, 52, of Mary Esther, told investigators Club 10 employees took advantage of his 24-year-old son, Tommy. The younger Salter was at the club Aug. 18 to celebrate his graduation from Georgia Tech.

According to a report from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, Salter told employees he could only spend $600. But Club 10 owner Tim Beal said Salter bought at least 19 bottles of champagne -- priced from $150 to $2,000. Beal said Salter signed a receipt for each champagne purchase and even scrawled his initials next to itemized charges. But the elder Salter said only the signature on the first receipt matches his son's.

The sheriff's report alleges larceny and credit card fraud. Beal said Salter appeared to know what he was doing throughout the night. ''This fellow was lucid,'' Beal said. "He was actually dancing with the manager, Chris, right before he left.''

Beal said he had already talked to American Express after Salter filed a complaint with the company, seeking to have part of the charge withdrawn. The company decided in Club 10's favor, he said.

http://www.local10.com/news/14445406/detail.html

All that money just for champagne? What did he pay for lap dances?

[NewJeffCT]

1. Even if it was $2,000 per bottle

that is a total of $38,000 for 19 bottles of champagne (remember, it was from $150 to $2,000, so the real total is $36,150 at the most)

So, the kid spent at least $15,000 on lap dances?

I think the kid had a little too much to drink and the people at the club just took a little bit of advantage, "do you want this champagne?" drunk kid, "sure!"

"Do you want to set up 10 of your friends for an hour in the champagne room?" drunk kid, "sure!"

[Richardo]

2. 20 x $2,000 = $40,000

So that's at least $13,000 unaccounted for.

[Richardo]

3. Joe and Tommy in happier times...

[RubyDuby in GA]

4. Well he did go to GA Tech...

You'd think he'd be better at math and know that $53K is not $600.

Hahaha!!! Go DAWGS!

(sorry - cross town rivalry going on here. It's fun to insult the Techies and apparently pretty easy too).

[DarkTirade]

5. Doesn't surprise me... one of my old co-workers had something like that happen to him

at a club down that way. Charged a bunch of crap on his credit card without his permission. I think they thought he was an easy mark because he's handicapped. Bastards.

I never did find out of if he got the money back, but he was sure as hell fighting for it last time he mentioned it.

[Blue-Jay]

6. I'm SHOCKED that someone got ripped off at a titty-bar!

SHOCKED!