Rumor Control: 2039 is not closing
Robert Campos, the owner of 2039 Ultralounge, insists his doors are not closing, despite rumors that say the downtown lounge is shutting down.
Word started to float around the MySpace circuit in the last 24 hours, and made its way into the blogosphere today. I got a handful of e-mails about the rumors, so I made a ArtHop pit-stop at 2039 and talked with Campos.
He's heard the rumors too and explains that they're the work of ex-employees trying to "sabotage" his business by circulating false reports that the lounge's dance permit had been pulled. The employees in question are general manager Steve Sorondo and entertainment promoter Gilbert Gold, both involved since the lounge's opening in February.
Campos says Sorondo was fired on Wednesday, though the termination came at Sorondo's request. A bartender at 2039 said Sorondo "walked out." The dispute, Campos says, had to do with pay and hours. A call to Gold this afternoon was not returned.
A new general manager -- Hector Quintero -- is already in place and was working at 2039 on Thursday night. Quintero's background includes retail management, banking and mortgage. Both Campos and Quintero say that business as usual will go on at 2039, including weekly events like Thursday nights with DJ John Magic and special events like the April 11 night with DJ Skribble.
Comments:
Glad to hear that these MySpace Bulletins are untrue.
I hope that 2039 has regained control of their MySpace account and I think that they should delete these 9 Bulletins as quickly as possible (rather than wait for them to expired).
On a different but related note, I'm curious as to what laws have been broken in this case..
Posted by: nite grooves at April 4, 2008 2:46 AM
DJ Skribble, huh? Might have to swing by for that one....
Posted by: Brodiemash at April 4, 2008 8:26 AM
Leave it to Mike to get the real deal! Good job! This is definitely some great information!
Posted by: ClubFlys at April 4, 2008 9:11 AM
"On a different but related note, I'm curious as to what laws have been broken in this case.."
I wonder about that too.
Posted by: Abe at April 4, 2008 9:43 AM
If you are talking about someone breaking criminal laws, probably not.
If you are talking about civil remedies, the law does provide for relief through various causes of action.
The causes of action may include: (1) unfair competition (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.); (2) false advertising (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500 et seq.); (3) libel; (4) invasion of privacy-false light; (5) invasion of privacy-appropriation of name; (6) conspiracy; and (7) breach of contract. However, I can see major proof problems. Who started the rumor? Was it first posted online (libel) or spoken (slander)?
Perhaps even the info that it was the person named who did it is slander/libel in itself. In other words, maybe the rumor that it was a former general manager and entertainment promoter who started the rumor is itself untrue.
And then we come to damages . . .
kendall simsarian
attorney at law
Posted by: attykendall at April 5, 2008 1:50 PM
I saw the rumor online via a myspace bulletin from the Twenty39 Ultra Lounge profile which was controlled by Gilbert Gold. The first time I saw the message, it was reposted by the ClubFlys.com myspace profile. ClubFlys had retracted their bulletin and put out a message of apology. The Twenty39 myspace profile has since been removed.
Posted by: santiago at April 10, 2008 6:14 PM
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