A former exotic dancer turned attorney has filed an explosive lawsuit against Melville’s Gossip strip club, alleging management operated a sex trafficking scheme where “safety rules were simply price tags that could be negotiated away.” Christine DeMaria’s 47-page complaint details soundproof VIP rooms locked from outside, managers allegedly brokering sex acts with wealthy clients, and systematic retaliation against dancers who refused to comply. “They sold my safety,” DeMaria alleges in the lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court.