Posts Tagged ‘Logan Circle’
D.C. Police Describe “Men’s Parties” Location: Used Condoms, Glory Holes, and a Crucifix
On Wednesday, the District of Columbia filed suit to shut down “Men’s Parties,” the underground male sex club operating at 1618 14th Street NW. The lawsuit’s three defendants—David J. Butler, 1618 14th Street LLC, and the D.C. Wrestling Club—face charges of “opperation of a business without a basic business license” and “use of premises for business without appropriate certificate of occupancy.”
The initial documents in the case offer a glimpse into the club’s secretive activities, as well as additional information concerning the fatal accident that occurred inside the club on the morning of October 4th.
Steep Price: Gay Sex Club Closes After Fatal Injury
Throwing in the Towels: Men’s club death leaves city grasping for answers.
Early in the morning of Oct. 4, a member of a private Logan Circle “men’s social club” fell to his death. According to a D.C. police report, the 47-year-old man was discovered in the stairwell leading to the basement of 1618 14th St. NW, the victim of “blunt impact injury of head.” Police believe the man may have tumbled down the stairs; the organizer of the club told the Washington Blade that the man likely fell on a “cement floor,” where he “possibly hit his head on a metal pipe or a brick wall.”
The man’s injury was sustained during the regular activities of the club, which include nightly gay sex events called “Men’s Parties,” as well as meetings of the “Jack Off Enthusiasts of Washington and Baltimore.” The accident has drawn public scrutiny over the private meetings, as well as a defense: Following the death, the club’s organizer told police that his establishment provides “a safe place for gay men to have consensual sex.”
How does a club meant to provide a “safe place” end up hosting a member’s death? By working off a creative definition of “safe.”
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Police Report Released In “Men’s Parties” Death
A police report has been filed in the weekend death of a man at a Logan Circle sex club known for hosting “Men’s Parties” and meetings of the “Jack Off Enthusiasts Club.” The report was taken on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 5:26 a.m. In the report, the sex club, located at 1618 14th Street NW, is listed as a “tavern/night club.” The exact location of the death is listed as a “basement/laundry room” and “stairwell.” The narrative section of the report details the emergency response to a report of a man in “an unconscious condition” inside the apartment:
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Death at Logan Circle”Men’s Party” Apartment
A man died over the weekend in a Logan Circle apartment known for holding late-night “Men’s Parties,” Borderstan reports. The death was reported to have occurred inside 1618A 14th Street NW (shown in map above).
Details of the man’s death—including the cause of death and the name of the deceased—remain unclear, but Acting Sgt. Kenny Bryson of the Metropolitan Police Department’s public information office confirms that the death occurred sometime “Saturday night or Sunday morning” and that it did not appear to be a homicide.
Porno for Gearheads
The young man behind the counter at Rollin Bikes looks happy to see a potential customer until I open my mouth and ask him about the movies. That’s when he sets down the part he’s examining and places his hands flat on the counter.
“Movies,” he parrots back to me without inflection.
I look from him to the other bike guy, who’s suddenly very interested in stripping the wheel in his hands. I introduce myself as a writer from the City Paper and ask him about the movies again.
“Ugh, god,” he says after he realizes I’m not only here for the movies, but I’m here to write about the movies. He cradles his face in his hands and mumbles something incoherent into his palms.
The shop is silent for a second.
“Yes,” the man finally says. “This is the bike shop with the porn in the back.”
Inside the Condo of the Police Shooting Victim
Last night, a commenter on this blog made the connection between a Washington Blade story identifying the victim of yesterday’s police shooting as David Kerstetter, and a 2003 Metro Weekly feature which highlighted the home Kerstetter shared with his now-deceased partner, Paul Brazitis. Kerstetter was shot and killed by police yesterday inside the condo—part of Logan Circle’s Iowa building at 1325 13th St. NW—after he allegedly threatened officers with a knife. A neighbor, who identified Kerstetter to the Blade, said that Kerstetter was suicidal and mourning Brazitis, who died in October of last year. Five years ago, 1325 13th St. was a very different place.
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