Stripper in critical condition after falling from balcony during lap dance
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A woman was seriously injured after a bizarre incident inside a local strip club early Wednesday morning, FOX 8 Cleveland reports.
It happened at Christie’s Cabaret in The Flats neighborhood of Cleveland, just after 1 a.m.
According to police, 22-year-old Lauren Block, of Richmond Heights, was reportedly on the second floor of the club when she went over the balcony and landed on her head.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police said they were first told the woman had been thrown over the balcony, but once they arrived, they realized it was an accident.
According to a report from Cleveland police, a witness said he was getting a lap dance from Block on the second floor of the club when something went terribly wrong.
The reporting officer said this of the incident: “(The witness) stated that (the dancer) grabbed the rail, as he was facing away from the balcony, and she tried to complete some sort of jump/dance move, and accidentally went head first over the rail.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Block reportedly fell 15 feet and suffered “major head trauma.”
She was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where she is listed in critical condition.