'Cocky' bouncer is suspended after telling female clubber, 19, 'I can do what I want'
A bouncer branded “cocky” after allegedly sexually harassing a woman outside a nightclub has been suspended.
Emily White, 19, said the doorman at the Sailors Arms pub and club in Newquay, Cornwall, told her “I can do what I want”, after allegedly leering at her and making comments about her breasts.
She said that when she threatened to report him, he told her: “They won’t do anything, love.”
But she took a photo of his ID and later sent an email of complaint to the venue, which resulted in his suspension while an investigation takes place.
Was sexually harassed by a bouncer in a night club this weekend. So I snapped a photo of his ID, emailed the club, who have emailed his agency, who have begun an official displinary investigation. He told me, “I’m a bouncer I can do what I want”. No mate, no you can’t.
— em (@itsemilywhite) July 24, 2018
Ms White said the bouncer was so confident he let her take a photo of his identification.
She told the BBC he “moved his arm out so I could take a picture of his ID”.
She added: “That’s how cocky he was.
“He thought no one would challenge him on it,” she said. “He was wrong.”
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Ms White, from St Austell, Cornwall, claimed the bouncer wolf-whistled at her, before leering at her and making comments about her breasts.
After the alleged incident, she tweeted: “Was sexually harassed by a bouncer in a night club this weekend.
“So I snapped a photo of his ID, emailed the club, who have emailed his agency, who have begun an official disciplinary investigation.
“He told me, ‘I’m a bouncer I can do what I want’. No mate, no you can’t.”
Her tweet has been retweeted more than 8,000 times and has more than 93,000 likes.
She told the BBC: “It’s not the worst thing that’s happened to a girl. It’s not even the worst thing that’s happened to me.
“But I was able to report it and so I did. If the same thing has happened to anyone else, I would urge them to do the same.”
A spokesperson for the Sailors Arms said: “Upon hearing of these allegations, an immediate investigation was launched in collaboration with the agency which employs our door staff.
“Until it is complete, the individual in question will not be employed at our door.”
