City’s Lawsuit against violent Club Suede seeks tough injunctions, civil penalties

SAN FRANCISCO (April 15, 2010)—City Attorney Dennis Herrera today filed a civil lawsuit that seeks tough, enforceable injunctions and potentially substantial penalties and costs against the owners and operators of Club Suede, a notorious Fisherman’s Wharf establishment that was the site of a fatal shooting in the early hours of Feb. 7. The complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court this morning names Hanson Wong and Taliesin Entertainment Group as defendants, and details a pattern of nuisance and unlawful conduct by the defiant club operators dating as far back as 2007.

Club Suede Case

City Attorney Dennis Herrera is suing for tough, enforceable injunctions and potentially substantial penalties and costs against the owners and operators of Club Suede, a notorious Fisherman’s Wharf establishment that was the site of a fatal shooting in the early hours of Feb. 7, 2010. The original complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court on April 15, 2010 details a pattern of nuisance and unlawful conduct by the defiant club operators dating as far back as 2007. Herrera is additionally seeking permanent closure of the establishment to ensure that Club Suede’s owners don’t reopen it.