Celebrity spot the Groucho Club closes after claims of
The swanky Soho joint had its licence suspended by Westminster City Council on Tuesday after a quiz by the Metropolitan Police.
It’s understood the contributors-simplest venue co-operated with the council and acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations.
“This resolution follows reports that a severe crime also can merely have taken verbalize on the premises in instances linked to a breach in the premises licencing prerequisites,” a council spokesperson said.
“The allegations are enviornment to an ongoing police investigation and we won’t sing additional at this stage.”
A corpulent listening to must take hang of verbalize within 28 days from when the Met Police submitted the review utility.
In an announcement, the Met Police said: “The suspension will take hang of produce at as soon as and follows an utility made by the Metropolitan Police Provider on the grounds that the venue had breached its licensing prerequisites and had been the scene of a recent severe criminal offence.
“The investigation into that offence is ongoing and which capability that, there is a limit to the component that would be equipped.”
The Groucho Membership has been approached for sing.
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The membership is known to have despatched an internal e mail to group announcing the closure of the membership on Dean Road.
“We’re sorry to expose you that now we have made the resolution to temporarily end the membership. We have gotten obtained an utility to search out out about our licence which we take hang of very seriously,” the e mail reads.
“As a final consequence, the membership’s licence has been suspended by agreement with Westminster City Council and now we have made the resolution to end the membership pending a corpulent listening to earlier than Christmas.”
The membership opened in 1985 and used to be named after comedian and actor Groucho Marx, who reportedly as soon as said he would refuse to hitch any membership that will have him as a member.
Populated by A-checklist celebrities, with others – equivalent to the Spice Girls – unceremoniously refused entry, the Groucho Membership has turn into a infamous assembly verbalize for actors, comedians and media executives.
Such used to be the venue’s success at attracting contributors that a rival Soho membership used to be said to were launched purely to cater for rejected Groucho candidates.