14 DAY TRIAL // What is worse for a man than to be kidnapped by a bunch of professional dancers wearing provocative attire and threatening to do bad things to him? Well, as tempting as it may seem for some to just let themselves be taken away, in Curtis Woodman's case, it was actually awful, as the looking-for-vengeance dancers allegedly had nothing pleasure-worthy in mind.
Three dancers, wearing “miniskirts, stilettos and Daisy Duke shorts” kidnapped a club boss in an attempt to recover a sum of money he owed them from an older job. The man hired the three ladies as hostesses in his nightclub for the Cheltenham Festival in March 2012 and refused to pay them because of a too indecent behavior.
Curtis owed the ladies more than $33,000 (€24,100) for the five days worked in the club during the festival but denied paying them after they allegedly breached the terms of agreement. The license stated that stripping was prohibited, but according to the official court statement, the women “insisted on taking their clothes off,” notes Daily Mail.
The victim said that the dancers agreed upon wearing bikinis and nipple tassels but forfeited their right to the money when they took them off. He considered that the professional dancers were not worthy of receiving the agreed pay anymore and refused to give them the money even after months of calls demanding the amount.
On the day of the incident, three of the dancers, accompanied by two men were waiting for Woodman at his workplace in Tewkesbury. According to Mr. Curtis' official statement, the women surrounded him and forced him in the car, pressuring him to transfer $7,900 (€5,800) and stealing his $7,659 (€5,600) Breitling watch together with the $99 (€72) cash he had on.
The three dancers' representatives argued that Mr. Woodman willingly entered the vehicle and was just asked to discuss the matter of the debt in another place. Allegedly, he came up with the whole story of the dancers kidnapping him after watching a few too many gangster movies. The three dancers and the two men helping them all denied the accusations brought by the club boss as the trial continues.