Striptease scandalizes Peru’s courts

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Peruvian justice plans to get to the bottom of the curious case of the Mother’s Day strippers.

A pre-Mother’s Day spectacle at the official auditorium of the Superior Court in Lima erupted into scandal on May 8 when male dancers from the ``Piso 14’’ nightclub began to cavort in an ``obscene’’ manner to Mexican music, the Peruvian press reports. Whistles and catcalls erupted, mostly from the women in attendance, but whether the clamour from the audience was condemnatory or favorable remains opaque.

The show, organized by the union representing court workers, had been officially sanctioned—but not necessarily the racy dance. A union spokesman told the press that the ``homage to mamá’’ performance was conducted with ``delicacy and affection,’’ and that no one in the audience complained.

Outraged authorities declared that the episode was designed ``to taint the image of the Supreme Court of Justice of Lima.’’ The court wants to know who was behind the ``shameful incident.’’

Posted by Patrick J. McDonnell and Andrés D’Alessandro in Buenos Aires