Bar Owner Sued in Girl’s Death
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NEW YORK — The parents of a young woman strangled in Central Park charged in a $25-million lawsuit today that a tavern owner used her killer to lure underage girls to his bar.
Steven and Ellen Levin charged that Dorrian’s Red Hand, owned by Jack Dorrian, is a “cesspool of corruption.” They alleged that Dorrian served Robert Chambers alcohol on Aug. 26, 1986, the morning he killed their daughter, Jennifer, even though he was too young to drink. They charged that Dorrian served Chambers “as part and parcel of a scheme or plan . . . to parade Chambers as a decoy and an enticement for the patronage of his social group and those of approximately similar age, and more particularly, of the feminine portion thereof.” Chambers, now 21, is serving a 5- to 15-year sentence for killing Jennifer Levin.
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