Dom, J Todd an them keep saying no 1 was hurt no punches was thrown
WTF
they put this Steven kid in the police chicken wing stance an from what the Officers my daughter serves at her job say this is not a very smooth move Steven is hurting today because of a ASSHOLE named LOU
an I think the son might have a lawsuit against Cap the Hotel the private security etc if it proven he has done no wrong an from what I have read he hasnt
Lou a grown man with a heart condition yeah an I am pregnat with 8 kids on the way
Dom goes in 1 post I wasnt hit some 1 else posted didnt see where any 1 asked about you Dom
she also posted Lou isnt dead havent seen any reports of the demise of Lou
DRAMA they are trying to sidestep the issues an hope all will be forgot
I hope all the affilates Dump CAP an what ever they would do better on their own
of course this is all IMO an you affilates should be thinkin the same way
Good Luck to all
Cindy
WTF - this involves UK "doorstaff", who were forced to accept regulation and strict licensing because of incidents like this. Event organisers can indeed pick and choose who they admit to private events, however, they cannot order the ejection, especially in this manner, when someone has legitimate purpose to be at another venue within the same building, and/or is a paying guest.
Forget about the CAP argument, what about the hotel who allowed this assault to take place. The hotel and doorstaff should NEVER have allowed themselves to be used as a tool in a personal vendetta between two organisations. The public setting will make a face saving cover-up difficult, especially if there have been complaints made by bystanders who witnessed the event but were nothing to do with this gathering.
It is no wonder the hotel is said to have instructed the staff not to do this again, but it may be too late, they may already be receiving attention from the local authority about the handling of this affair.
It will be up to Steven to make a complaint, if he declines to do so, and settle this in private, probably nothing much further will come of this, other than an internal reprimand for the staff involved, however, Steven is in a strong position, as it seems that violence was first offered by doorstaff on Lou's orders, while Steven was apparently simply attending his own gatherings elsewhere in the hotel.
I thought this affair was simmering down, but it seems it was merely building up a head of steam fit to blow at the first weakness.
I thought CAP was the biggest, and most professional, of the various "clubs" designed to help affiliates develop their business, but the description of this affair reminds me of those old gangster movies more than a set of side events surrounding the main event at London last week.
Probably glad I WASN'T there, and not sure I would want to be either if this is going to be how things are run for the near future.
I have not seen if this has gone mainstream, e.g. local and national news, if it has, this could be bad for the industry, and if there was general press coverage, and it spilled onto the street, it has probably made it at least to local coverage. It's the kind of event that newbie reporters probably get sent to, unlikely to generate much of a story, and a bit mundane - some reporter might want to impress the boss to get a better assignment next time, and maybe will exaggerate the proceedings for some local rag circulated within London.
Any Londoners care to have a look for the next couple of days?
