12 Platinum Plus Greenville dancers indicted

A Greenville County grand jury this week indicted a dozen Platinum Plus dancers on charges of prostitution and exposure of private parts in a lewd and lascivious manner, according to court records.

The grand jury returned true bills on Stephanie Renee Turner, Micah Nicole Dobbins, Jennafir Sierra Cleary, Alicia Diane Howard, Ashley Renee Walker, Amanda Dawn Biter, Jordyn Nicole Sierra, Jennifer Anissa Plain, Nina Kate Byrd, Aimee Joy Harms, Brittny Caroline Neal and Sara Lynn Todd.

The charges stem from an undercover investigation into prostitution at Platinum Plus, a strip club located at 805 Frontage Road off Interstate 385. The investigation led to charges against 20 individuals, including dancers and hostesses. Charges are pending in the other cases.

Authorities allege the dancers exposed their genitals at the club, and, in some cases, performed sex acts on each other in front of undercover investigators in the club’s Champagne Room. Others were charged with aiding and abetting the prostitution, according to warrants. Undercover officers spent $26,000 in drug seizure money during the yearlong investigation into prostitution, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The Solicitor’s Office filed a lawsuit against the nightclub and sought to close it under a nuisance statute. Platinum Plus and the Solicitor’s Office reached an agreement to keep the club closed for six months, allowing it to reopen in November under certain guidelines.

Staff writer Romando Dixson covers crime and courts for The Greenville News. Keep up with this story and others on his Facebook, Romando The Reporter.