Joe Redner

Joe Redner

Joseph R. Redner is a Floridian businessman, activist, and sometime political candidate. Known as the "father of the nude lap dance", he was the long-time owner of the Mons Venus, a nude strip club in Tampa, Florida, until its sale to a competing club owner in May 2025. Redner has been engaged in legal battles with the Tampa City Council, which has tried to place restrictions on the strip club since the 1980s. Mons Venus and Redner have filed suits that have reached the Supreme Court and have become case law in many court cases. In 2005, Redner was awarded over $7 million in a case filed when the Florida Department of Transportation seized one of his properties by eminent domain to construct a freeway. While the Department of Transportation argued for a property value of $3 million, the jury determined that its highest and best use as an adult entertainment facility made it more valuable than typical commercial properties.

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