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Famed restaurateur allegedly has ‘rape room’ in trendy NYC eatery
New York Post ^ | 12/12/2017 | Kate Sheehy

Posted on 12/12/2017 12:19:24 PM PST by simpson96

The owner of one of the city’s most famous celeb hangouts, the Spotted Pig, has been accused of routinely groping female employees and demanding sex and nude photos from them — while allowing his buddies to molest them too, a new report says.

An after-hours space on the third floor of restaurateur Ken Friedman’s tony Village hot spot is even known among workers and industry insiders as “the rape room” — where public sex is on display, according to the New York Times, quoting 10 women who are accusing the powerful businessman of unwanted sexual advances.

Former longtime server Trish Nelson said Friedman once grabbed her head as she was kneeling down behind the bar to get some glasses, told her “while you’re down there,” and pulled it toward his crotch — all in front of actress Amy Poehler — in 2007, according to the Times.

“Aside from hanging my head in painful humiliation, I did nothing,” Nelson wrote on Facebook in October. “I can’t even retell this story now without getting teary.”

Pohler told the Times through a rep, “I have no recollection of this, but it’s horrible.”

A few years later, Nelson said, Friedman invited her to his car to smoke pot.

Then he lunged at her and stuck his tongue in her mouth, she said.

“I couldn’t believe it,” she told the Times. “I had worked for him for six years.”

She said she soon gave her notice.

The workers said that after hours, Friedman brings celebrity guests and his buddies upstairs to a third-floor room — where nudity reigns, public sex occurs and he and patrons grope the help.


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1 posted on 12/12/2017 12:19:24 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96
"...the Earth and everything done on it will be found out."

2 Peter 3:14

2 posted on 12/12/2017 12:22:24 PM PST by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: simpson96

The Spotted Pig — named after Td Kennedy?


3 posted on 12/12/2017 12:22:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: simpson96

I would bet he’s a Democrat........................just a guess................


4 posted on 12/12/2017 12:27:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: simpson96

Pretty bad when one names a celebrity eye witness as your witness/proof and she says

“I have no recollection of this, but it’s horrible.”

Then gets invited to smoke pot and he ‘attacks’ her again.
Then she goes on to say that she had worked for him for 6 years.....

Sounds like his joint is named correctly -

This EVERYONE KNOWS gets old and the ‘stories’ don’t get any more believable.

Like Yogi Berra used to say
‘That place is so crowded nobody goes there anymore’
(that line actually makes sense)
OR
‘If you come to a fork in the road, take it.’


5 posted on 12/12/2017 12:27:45 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""In todays world:::WE, THE USofA are Rudyard Kiplings 'Tommy'")
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To: simpson96
A few years later, Nelson said, Friedman invited her to his car to smoke pot. Then he lunged at her and stuck his tongue in her mouth, she said.

She knew he was a disgusing perv and she still got into a car with him to smoke pot?

6 posted on 12/12/2017 12:40:25 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (A year in Arizona... and I haven't burst into flames yet.)
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To: Red Badger
I would bet he’s a Democrat........................just a guess................

With that mug? Slam dunk. Sure ain't Irish.

7 posted on 12/12/2017 12:40:51 PM PST by doorgunner69 (No video seems to happen a lot when they shoot somebody..........)
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To: simpson96

Damn - had a great burger here a couple of years ago...


8 posted on 12/12/2017 12:41:22 PM PST by TomServo
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To: simpson96

I bet health safety inspectors need to disclose their bank accounts.


9 posted on 12/12/2017 12:41:33 PM PST by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: BenLurkin

FRIEDMAN, KENNETH D NEW YORK NY 10014 THE SPOTTED PIG OWNER GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN ELIZABETH VIA GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE 10/15/2010 2400.00 12020101364


10 posted on 12/12/2017 12:45:04 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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Will Gillibrand return the money....?


11 posted on 12/12/2017 12:45:44 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla

She’ll do anything for a campaign donation.


12 posted on 12/12/2017 12:47:18 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: simpson96

A few years after one incident (that she did not quit over), the boss asks her to go share some pot in his car. And just want did she think he thought was going to happen? Nothing else? Granted, her boss was a creep and a pervert. And her? An idiot.


13 posted on 12/12/2017 12:47:43 PM PST by Wuli
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If “everybody” knew about what was going on, and hadn’t quit, it means they thought the pay (and tips, and opportunities to hang out with celebrities) was good enough to put up with it at the time.


14 posted on 12/12/2017 12:48:29 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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...Friedman brings celebrity guests and his buddies upstairs to a third-floor room — where nudity reigns, public sex occurs and he and patrons grope the help.


15 posted on 12/12/2017 12:55:42 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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How the hell can something like this go on without SOMEBODY ratting on this POS?


16 posted on 12/12/2017 12:56:18 PM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: BenLurkin

Not just for a campaign donation...


17 posted on 12/12/2017 12:58:26 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: ZULU

How do you know they didn’t? :-(


18 posted on 12/12/2017 12:58:51 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla

And Gillibrand complains about Trump?


19 posted on 12/12/2017 1:02:31 PM PST by Dante3
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To: simpson96

Probably caters for the Lolita Express, too.


20 posted on 12/12/2017 1:18:31 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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