Victim of near-fatal sex play at bondage club doesn't remember incident

NY Daily News ^ | 2-12-08 | KERRY BURKE, MELISSA GRACE and ALISON GENDAR

[Snickering Hound]

A retired math teacher from Quebec survived near-fatal sex play at a midtown bondage club but couldn't tell investigators how he was injured, law enforcement sources said Monday.

The 64-year-old thrill-seeker had been found turning blue, hanging in a dungeon room at the Nutcracker Suite on E. 33rd St. Friday morning.

Dressed in a dog collar and a pair of women's high heel shoes, the victim had paid staff at the upscale S&M club $100 an hour to check on him every hour.

"He comes down to visit once in a while," his unsuspecting wife said when reached in Quebec.

The Daily News is withholding the victim's name.

She said she had been told her husband had been found "unconscious on one of the streets."

She described her husband as a retired math teacher who didn't drink or go to nightclubs.

"I thought New York was safe," she said.

The retiree was discovered by club staff about 1:30 a.m. and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan.

Doctors removed the breathing tube Monday, but the victim said he didn't remember anything, sources said.

Police were investigating whether club employees could face negligence charges.

Neighbors of the upscale pain club said its clients often knocked on the wrong door looking for the party.

"A steady stream of bankers, lawyers, doctors, going to the ninth floor," said Janet Benshoof, president of the Global Justice Center on the 12th floor. "It was like Guantanamo for sexual deviants. It was Abu Ghraib in Manhattan, but for pleasure."

[i_dont_chat]

The 64-year-old thrill-seeker had been found turning blue, hanging in a dungeon room at the Nutcracker Suite.

The writers strike is over!

-——That’s funny———

[Blogatron]

It's not torture when THEY do it.

"Why don't we get drunk and waterboard?"

[The_Republican]

Barf Alert?

[TommyDale]

They were just talking about the mug shots. Also, both men are into the S&M thing...

[militem]

This guy is lucky. In Boston a few years back a guy had a heart attack while tied up. The dominatrix ignored him, then when she realized he was dead, dismembered and disposed of the body without a trace. She got off scot-free.

[wideawake]

both men are into the S&M thing

I've haven't anything about the shrink's killer being into that stuff.

[Wagonboy]

Just how many ways are there to clean up the gene pool? I’m beginning to doubt Darwin’s theories when it comes to the human race. The worlds population of morons and self destructive idiots seems to be increasing. People keep finding dumber and dumber ways to eliminate themselves... Granted, this guy is unlikely to procreate anymore, but there’s an endless supply of nuts behind him in line just like him. -Wb

[Billthedrill]

I can explain everything.

[TommyDale]

That was stated on the Sliwa program. Maybe that was in his psychologist’s records?

[mmichaels1970]

"A steady stream of bankers, lawyers, doctors, going to the ninth floor," said Janet Benshoof, president of the Global Justice Center on the 12th floor. "It was like Guantanamo for sexual deviants. It was Abu Ghraib in Manhattan, but for pleasure."

Does anybody else see this as a cheap shot at our military?

[radiohead]

Jebus! What is on people’s minds? : )

[Teacher317]

Neighbors of the upscale pain club said its clients often knocked on the wrong door looking for the party. "A steady stream of bankers, lawyers, doctors, going to the ninth floor," said Janet Benshoof, president of the Global Justice Center on the 12th floor. "It was like Guantanamo for sexual deviants. It was Abu Ghraib in Manhattan, but for pleasure."

Good gravy, they can't let a single story go without a comment like this? Jeez.

[Xenalyte]

Considering it comes from something named the Global Justice Center, please to let us know why any surprise is happening.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

My Safe Word is “Oooouch! Quit that!”

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Neighbors of the upscale pain club said its clients often knocked on the wrong door looking for the party.

In spite of everything, it turned out well for him that he went to an upscale pain club instead of one of those divey, blue-collar places. He would have been toast for sure.

[ArrogantBustard]

It's a cheap shot at the military.

It's also from the "Global Justice Center". What else do you expect?

[WOBBLY BOB]

Congressman, you table is ready...
PFC Lindsey will be your waiter...

[Froufrou]

I don’t think it was his nuts that were turning blue. And I don’t think marrieds who take separate vacations have any business griping about ‘safety’ anyway.

[mmichaels1970]

Global Justice Center

Mission

The mission of the Global Justice Center is to work with women leaders on the strategic and timely legal enforcement of international equality guarantees. The Global Justice Center works to:

Target the entrenched political and cultural norms that perpetuate male dominated decision-making bodies and constrain women;

Use human rights and international law as tools to restructure societies in ways that enable women to take their rightful place in national and transitional justice processes;

Identify activists, leaders, judges, and policymakers and train them in the affirmative use of women's human rights and international law as tools for constructing new democracies, governments, and transitional bodies; Transform the operational definition of democracy to one that is truly representative.

The Global Justice Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-governmental organization supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.

I can see how some may have been confused about the location of the bondage club.

[Lockbar]

Canadians coming to America to employ Americans to do what Canadians won’t do. Or something like that.