New York Adult Entertainment: Porn shop lawsuit: Size matters!
The expansion plan had overwhelming public opposition, and township cops last September raided Video XPress following a one-month undercover investigation of people allegedly using the porn shop as a rendezvous point for sexual encounters arranged over the Internet.
Cops arrested six people during the raid, including shop owner Bill Pyne and his store manager, Sandra L. Helsel, 48, of Burlington Township.
Established in 1974, the porn shop said it wanted to morph into an “upscale” business that attracted a diversified clientele of men, women and couples. The shop said it would accomplish that by getting rid of its infamous viewing booths and concentrating on selling lingerie, sex toys and DVDs.
The expansion plan called for Video XPress to demolish its existing 1,400-square-foot building and construct a new 7,600-square foot building in its place. Video XPress said it would have operated in a 4,600-square-foot sector.
The porn shop said it would try to get other, non-adult businesses to occupy two additional sectors of 1,500 square feet each.