Court Date Set in Spanking Strippers Case
By Associated Press
Fri Aug 5, 9:24 PM

LITTLE ROCK - A Sept. 15 court date was set Thursday
for three women accused of spanking a truck driver too
vigorously at his birthday party.

The three _ Kelly Eslick, 21, of Jacksonville; Lisa
Nolen, 23, of Cabot; and Charlene Smith, 23, of Ward _
appeared before Pulaski County District Judge Wayne
Gruber to face felony charges of participating in an
obscene performanced and misdemeanor charges of
third-degree battery.

The three all work at Sensations Night Club in
Jacksonville, where customer Keith Lowery of Bald Knob
says they went overboard in giving him an onstage
spanking paid for by friends of Lowery who were with
him at the club for a 31st birthday celebration.

Lowery told sheriff's deputies that he suffered
bruises so severe that he was unable to sit
comfortably for five days.

The three women were arrested June 17, along with two
other employees of the private club, James Daugherty,
31, of Jacksonville, and Dena Mitchell, 30, of
Sherwood, after Lowery filed a complaint with police.

After his friends paid $25, Keith Lowery was
handcuffed and spanked with a 3-foot-long paddle and a
belt while one of the strippers restrained his head
with her legs, according to investigators with the
Pulaski County sheriff's office.

North Little Rock attorney Jeff Wankum entered
innocent pleas Thursday for the defendants.