Hidden cameras in pole-dancing class prompt lawsuit

A group of women who teach tourists the art of pole dancing have sued Las Vegas show producer David Saxe, claiming his staff installed hidden video cameras that captured footage of women in various stages of undress.Camera Captures Nude Stranger in Driveway Behaving Badly.The women taught Stripper 101, where, for $40, any woman can learn how to seductively shimmy and shake like the pros. The class has been held in the lounge above the V Theater at Aladdin's Desert Passage mall since 2006.

Plaintiffs Rachael Carter, Lana Stewart, Jill Sutherin, Kindra Kroll and Nicole Cherry say they discovered the discreet cameras in January while trying to move what they thought was a stage light. But when one of them moved the ceiling light with a broom handle, she discovered it was a camera, according to the lawsuit filed March 16.They discovered another camera in the area, which served as both as both a performance stage and a dressing area where "some of the customers even disrobe and get down to their underwear" because of "assurances that there are no cameras in the room," the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit, whose defendants include Saxe, his productions company and several employees, includes claims of invasion of privacy, conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.In a motion to dismiss, lawyers for the defendants said the cameras were installed as part of an upgrade in the security system.In the class, the Stripper 101 instructors show "exotic dance moves including but not limited to poses and gestures creating an erotic yet comfortable experience using pole dancing, chair moves and sexual postures" for tourists and attendees to follow, the lawsuit says.