Midnight is approaching and, through the haze and the thumping bass, we are ushered to our seats at one of Mayfair’s most exclusive nightclubs. It’s the sort of place where men pay up to £1,500 for a table but women – or at least women deemed attractive enough – can get in for free.

We are installed in a dark and claustrophobic corner, at a table full of men, mostly much older. Without so much as a hello, they pour us big drinks that are virtually 100 per cent vodka.

Within moments, and without anything by way of small talk, one of the men starts entwining his foot with mine [Natasha’s]. His arm is around me, pulling at my waist, and then he’s stroking my back. He’s drunk, very drunk, and as he leans in, it’s clear what he wants. What he thinks he is entitled to…

Welcome to London’s high-end nightlife, a world that projects an image of decadence and glamour burnished by the celebrities so often seen in the clubs – but which has a decidedly unsavoury underbelly. A Mail on Sunday undercover investigation today reveals how businesses use young and impressionable women as little more than bait to lure high-spending men wanting attractive company – and often more.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11498561/Mail-Sunday-reporters-reveal-Mayfair-nightclubs-use-apps-vet-young-women-older-men.html?ito=native_share_article-top

https://www.capitalalist.com/wyld-club-london/

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