I stayed at Choice for about seven months before leaving voluntarily for Seville, during the Spring of 2016. The money at Choice had dried up and I fit enough beauty standards to go elsewhere, so that is what I did. Not getting fired from Choice was a significant factor in their argument that I was not forced to follow rules that would legally classify my as an employee.

Normally, dancers use fake names for anonymity purposes while working in strip clubs. One thing Denise DuPey did on the witness stand was take advantage of this by making it seem odd. She stated, “She didn't even tell me her real name,” when describing my behavior at Choice. This was done to paint me as a shady figure. Her already damning testimony was enhanced by that stupid statement.

Choice never paid all of the taxes on the money that I made for them, and did not take accurate records of all the money that they collected from me. Despite Denise DuPey's lies that I was a prostitute soliciting customers to meet me outside of work, prostitution often occurred within the club while I was working there, between my coworkers and customers. Another reason why Choice was so slow, is because the business itself is a cover for drug trafficking. Certain dancers kept large amounts of narcotics in their lockers, which they occasionally popped in to retrieve before heading out on the streets of Minneapolis to sell.

Over all, Choice was a very unpleasant working environment that I wish I would have left sooner. They beat me in court due to misogynist hatred of sex workers, and it’s a point in my life that I’d prefer not to dwell on any more.