Posted on 12/04/2023 7:42:46 PM PST by Morgana
ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando performing arts venue has paid a $5,000 fine in a settlement agreement after allowing children into a “sexually explicit” Christmas drag show last year, according to state records.
On Thursday, a newly released consent order revealed the Plaza Live Foundation agreed in August to pay the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations a $5,000 fine as part of a settlement with the state.
he venue also agreed not to allow anyone under 18 years of age into any performance “which contains, depicts, or simulates any activities” that violate the state’s obscenity laws, the order shows.
The Orlando Philharmonic Plaza Foundation originally came under scrutiny after the venue hosted a performance dubbed “A Drag Queen Christmas” by the drag group Drag Fans in December 2022.
The state had warned the venue about allowing children into the show, and event staff posted a letter warning guests that material in the show might not be appropriate for minors.
“In short, if you allow children to attend the Drag Fans drag show at your facility, you are putting your license in jeopardy.” wrote FLDBPR Secretary Melanie Griffin. “If minors are allowed to attend this drag show, the Department will take any and all actions available to ensure that you do not pose a threat to minors in the future.”
However, an investigation discovered that there were three underage attendees at the show, which reports said contained simulations of “sexual activity,” such as humping, mimicking fellatio and “swinging what appeared to be male genitalia.”
A complaint by the state in February also claims the show involved sexualized adaptations of popular Christmas songs, exposed buttocks, prosthetic genitals and a performer possibly simulating an abortion on stage.
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Thank You Governor DeSantis.
Not nearly a big enough fine.
I was thinking the same thing but they also lost their liquor license.
They should all be hung. They’ve ruined the lives of every young person that witnessed that filth.
By their gonads.
On thin piano wire.
These are plain and simple perverts. There is no reason for a sexually explicit drag show around a Christmas theme other than to be a pervert. Why are the parents bringing their kids to this is another thing. The Department of Protective Services should investigate those families. I seriously wonder if the kids are being molested.
Go FLDBPR!
The department governs all licensed professionals.
Stay the course and keep Florida on the straight and narrow road.
(A former, licensed Real Estate Professional,)
Bat Guano
I have not read that they lost their license license, only that they may.
The license should definitely be pulled. This is the way to stop this mess.
I don’t think so, but the linked consent order allows for summary suspension for a violation, and revocation for a second violation. We can confidently predict there will be no violations, because losing the liquor license is a death penalty. And it will make other venues very afraid and compliant with the law
How about fining the parents who allowed it for child endangerment?
Fine is MISSING 2 ZEROS
gee, we never had such parties at Christmastime
are we victims of child deprivation, or ?
Anyone else notice that what looks like a hyperlink to the consent order doesn’t work.
I’d like to read that consent order...
And why, when the settlement was reached last August, is the info being released now, months later...
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