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Strippers and five Richmond-area adult clubs have reached an agreement in a class action wage dispute that will pay the plaintiffs $830,000 from which attorneys’ fees and other costs will be deducted.

In court papers filed last week, both sides told U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson that the agreement had been reached and would be filed, but only after the judge allows it to be filed under seal.

The parties are asking that the settlement be sealed, arguing that it contains confidential and proprietary information of the defendants and personal, nonpublic information about the plaintiffs. As of Monday afternoon, no order from Hudson had been posted.

A 14-page suit, first filed in January on behalf of roughly 30 plaintiffs and later amended, alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and asked for claimed unpaid minimum and overtime wages, withheld tips and other allegedly unlawful deductions.

The defendants, including Club Rouge, Daddy Rabbits, Candy Bar, Paper Moon, and Pure Pleasure, denied any wrongdoing and filed counter claims alleging breach of contract and unjust enrichment.