Seattle Police are investigating a man’s allegations that a worker at 10th Ave bathhouse Tribe Seattle robbed him after forcing him to swallow meth and performing a sex act for which the suspect demanded payment.

The man told police that he went to Tribe — you might know it as Basic Plumbing — on Saturday night, July 2nd after he visited another nearby club and left because it “appeared dirty and its clientel (sic) seemed shady.” Another patron recommended the 10th Ave club, the man said. SPD says the man told officers he went to the club because he was lonely and “stated that he was aware that these private clubs are basically locations where Gay people have sex and do drugs.”

Inside, the man told police he socialized for about four hours and was feeling buzzed but still felt in control of his faculties when he met a “cute” man who the victim said was a staff member. The suspect invited him upstairs to “party” in one of the rented rooms available at the club, the victim told police. Upstairs, the suspect had more meth than the victim said he “had ever seen before.”

The man told police that he and the suspect were doing drugs when suddenly he was grabbed and forced down onto the bed. The man said the suspect then dropped a small ball of meth known as a “gut ball” into his mouth and also forced him to drink a liquid. “Take this, it will relax and calm you,” the suspect allegedly said as he held the man down on the bed. The man told police he immediately began to feel the effects of the drugs saying he was “disoriented and no longer had physical control of his person, or aware of his surroundings.”

The man told SPD the suspect then told him he didn’t have sex with members “without request or agreement of fee” and proceeded to do a “striptease type act” and then to masturbate in front of the drugged man. Once he finished, the suspect demanded payment for the sex and the drugs, the man told police. When the man said he would only pay for the drugs, the suspect allegedly fished his Visa from his wallet complete with the new card’s handily attached pin number and left the room. “Stay right there in bed. You better not move or else,” the suspect reportedly told the still groggy victim.

The man said the suspect returned about 20 minutes later and told him he had taken money from the account for what he was owed — and given the man a discount for the show. The man said he eventually made his way back to the front desk where he voluntarily handed over the card to pay for more time in the room where he passed out and awoke Sunday morning. The man said he then met a good samaritan inside the club who gave him a ride home.

The man told police he didn’t get his card back from his last visit to the front desk and that his bank records show that six withdrawals were made on the card for a total of $1,200. He told police he also lost his “Gucci” watch in the night’s activities.

The following Wednesday the man returned to the club and decided to contact the police. According to the report on the incident, a man identified as one of the club’s owners who said that he was aware of the man’s allegations but was not there the night of the incident. The owner confirmed that the suspect was a new employee at the club. No arrests were made.

The report goes on to say the victim told police he “realizes that he is an adult and accountable for all of his decision making right or wrong, he felt he was assaulted, and properties stolen from him due [to the suspect] forcing drugs into his system.”

At this point, CHS is not aware of any arrests made in relation to this case. We’ll follow up when we learn more about the continuing investigation.