A prostitution charge against a Golden man who operates a string of strip clubs has been dismissed.
Troy Lowrie, who owns PT’s Showclub in southwest Denver, among other clubs, was charged with furthering the act of prostitution, but the charge was dismissed Thursday morning in a Denver court.
“It was our position he should never have been arrested and he committed no crime,” said Harvey Steinberg, Lowrie’s attorney.
Lowrie was arrested in July after he allegedly approached a female undercover Denver police officer who was working a prostitution sting on West Colfax Avenue.
Lowrie said the day of the arrest that he was driving and had pulled over and parked for a phone call. He was on the phone for about 20 minutes when a woman tapped on the window of his Hummer and asked: “Do you have any money?”
“Yeah,” Lowrie said he answered. “How much do you need?”
Lowrie said the woman replied: “I want to earn it.”
“I’m not interested,” he recalled answering.
A court document said Lowrie had circled the block several times and honked his horn at the undercover officer before engaging her in conversation. He denied that account.
“It might have looked suspicious” being parked for that long, Lowry said. “The only thing I did was roll down the window when somebody knocked on it.”
Lowrie worked as the boys tennis coach at Golden High School. He lost the position after the arrest and now wants it back.
“I’ve already called, and I’ve asked for my job back,” Lowrie said of the coaching position.
Lowry said the school district has been noncommittal about reinstating him, but the district has agreed to release an e-mail announcing that the charge was dismissed. The school sent out an e-mail in July informing parents about the arrest.
“They don’t know yet what they’ll do on the employment side of it,” Lowrie said. “I’m available to coach.”
Lynn Setzer, a spokeswoman with Jefferson County Public Schools, said the tennis season has already started and the team has a coach.
“Rehire — it’s a moot point for this season,” Setzer said. “The rest is a personnel matter that is confidential.”
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com
