Sabina Mari Johansson, 23, a Swedish model was busted by police for allegedly working as the “house mom” at a midtown brothel, which was said to be run by a prominent lawyer.
Sabrina Johansson, also called Sabrina Mari, was charged with promoting prostitution at Big Daddy Lou’s Hot Lap Dance Club, police records state.
Johansson, who has appeared in an
Avril Lavigne music video and has been on the “
Tyra Banks” show and America's Next Top Model show , was arrested Thursday as part of the ongoing investigation of the W. 38 St. club owned by lawyer Lou (Daddy) Posner.
Sabina Mari Johansson has denied knowing about the sex-for-sale activities going on in the private rooms of the club, but police know she knew of activities.
The NYPD vice unit went undercover and said that Johansson greeted them at the club in April and told them they could expect more than lap dances from the strippers if the price was right. “Defendant told [the undercover officer] that she was aware prostitution activity was going on at the club in its private rooms,” court records show.
One undercover officer claimed prostitution was blatant at the club. “On each occasion, he received offers from scantily clad female lap dancers working at the club to engage in sexual conduct, including intercourse, in exchange for money in the private rooms of the club,” court records say.
Johansson, a beautiful Swedish model worked at Big Daddy Lou’s from January 2007 until she quit just days before cops raided the club July 17.
As the brothel house mom, Johansson was said to collect nightly fees of up to $80 from the club’s 120 dancers, scheduled shifts and rented out the private rooms and suites, prosecutors claim.