Videos of Hooters Waitresses Investigated (perv alert!)

Yahoo! News ^ | March 26, 2004 | AP

[El Conservador]

WEST COVINA, Calif. - Nearly 200 women who applied for jobs at a Hooters restaurant were secretly videotaped in a trailer while they undressed to put on a Hooters uniform, police said.

Authorities raided the trailer last month and seized a computer that held 180 digital videos of the women, ages 17-25, Lt. Mark Dettor said.

"None of us suspected we would find that many videos, and we are dealing with victims who are shocked and feel betrayed," he said.

Hooters is a national chain known for its scantily clad waitresses, who wear low-cut tank tops and shorts. The restaurant in West Covina, about 18 miles outside of Los Angeles, was scheduled to open in April.

No charges have been filed, Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney, said Friday.

Justin Johl, a lawyer for Hooters, said the company was outraged and was conducting its own investigation.

Police also searched the home of Juan Aponte, 32, a former manager for a Hooters in Pasadena. He has not been arrested or charged, and his lawyer, Brian Michaels, declined to comment on the investigation.

[El Conservador]

I'm sure the police are thoroughly investigating the videos, watching them over and over again...

</ snicker> </ guffaw> </uncontainable laughter>

[baltodog]

That's it!!!!

I'm not gonna' let my daughter apply there!!

[speedy]

Yes, the Hooters Girls are known for their demure modesty -- we can only imagine their outrage at being seen in a state of undress.

[socal_parrot]

I saw this on the local news last night.

The guy told the girls when they tried on the Hooter's uniform that they couldn't wear their underwear because of panty lines and and they couldn't wear their bra because it would show. They were also asked to change near the door of the room they were in.

Sicko.

[RedWing9]

Different Source, but 7 hours late..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1105654/posts

[TopQuark]

Nor will I let my grandmother to work there either!

[maro]

They are relatively demure. These girls aren't hookers or strippers, for heaven's sake. The outfit is very very PG. They are not even allowed to show bare legs. Nor are many of them unusually buxom. I haven't been to one since the Chicago Bulls last won a championship, but these are usually nice, girl-next-door types, many trying to work their way through college.

[buffyt]

NO excuse for these SICKOS who are filming young little 17 year old girls in a dressing room. If it were MY daughter. SICKOS SICKOS EVIL SICKOS like Clinton and Condit.

[buffyt]

lookd like MOST guys are SICKOS even on a conserv. site like FR....
Girls are SLUTS and guys are OK.
I get so tired of that sh*t.

[FITZ]

They're no worse than cheerleaders --- or maybe better.

[Lester Moore]

NO excuse for these SICKOS who are filming young little 17 year old girls in a dressing room. If it were MY daughter. SICKOS SICKOS EVIL SICKOS like Clinton and Condit.

17 ain't 7. These are young women, not girls. Not that secretly filming undressed, salacious 17 yr old hotties without their consent is OK.

[GeronL]

I am shocked that Hooters would be associated with the demeaning of women

[GeronL]

They are not even allowed to show bare legs

You haven't seen their Calendar have you??

[maro]

Have you been to one of their restaurants? They wear this hideous opaque hose.

[GeronL]

The Calendar is almost soft-porn.

And the one on the cover is their 'Hooters Girl' international award winner or something, she works in the local one here.