{"id":319433,"date":"2024-05-08T16:40:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=319433"},"modified":"2024-05-09T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:49:36","slug":"vegas-tourist-threatens-lawsuit-after-crap-tattoo-from-unlicensed-possibly-high-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-tourist-threatens-lawsuit-after-crap-tattoo-from-unlicensed-possibly-high-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license.<\/p>\n

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The business license for Illuminati Tattoo, located just off the Strip, is currently listed as revoked. (Image: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tourist, a woman from British Columbia, Canada who identified herself only as Melissa, contacted KLAS-TV\/Las Vegas <\/em>with her story. In April, she told the TV station, she visited Illuminati Tattoo with her son for his 17th birthday, after checking the studio\u2019s overwhelmingly positive Yelp reviews.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, the resulting tattoo bore little resemblance to the drawing Melissa chose. (Image: Melissa via KLAS-TV\/Las Vegas<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ink Again<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While her son\u2019s tattoo was a success, Melissa’s was a nightmare. She said her artist struggled with the task, at times using no ink and taking off his gloves, and didn\u2019t clean her thigh before tattooing it. In addition, Melissa claimed, he was \u201csweating profusely, his eyes were dilated, (and) he was slurring his words.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was about halfway through when I looked at my son and his face, he just had a bit of a confused look on his face,” she told KLAS.<\/em> “At that point, I saw him take his phone out and start videoing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Melissa left the shop, she said, she received text messages from the tattoo artist.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry it went this far,\u201d one read. In another, the artist asked her to call the owner, David LePenske, \u201cand tell him you won\u2019t ruin him.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Melissa, LePenske later agreed to pay for tattoo laser removal and made a shocking admission.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe responded that this was his longtime friend, that he had been a drug addict in the past, but had been clean for eight months, so he decided to give him a chance,\u201d Mellissa told KLAS. <\/em><\/p>\n

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After filing a complaint with the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), inspectors found that the artist didn’t have an active body art card and didn’t ask Melissa to sign a consent form, both of which are required for tattoo work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A SNHD document obtained by KLAS <\/em>indicated that the artist is no longer employed by the shop, noting a \u201czero tolerance for substance use while on duty.\u201d An inspection also turned up other violations, including missing expiration dates on sterilized equipment.<\/p>\n

In April, the secretary of state\u2019s office listed Illuminati Tattoo\u2019s business license in default for failing to renew its state business license for 2023 and 2024. By May, the business license was listed as revoked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just regret the whole ordeal,\u201d Melissa told KLAS.<\/em> \u201cYou think coming to Vegas, there\u2019s supposed to be some of the best tattoo artists in the world in your city, and it\u2019s supposed to be one of the best places in the world to get a tattoo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license. The tourist, a woman from British Columbia, Canada who identified herself only as Melissa, contacted KLAS-TV\/Las Vegas with her story. In April, she told the TV station, she visited Illuminati Tattoo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":319435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,60],"tags":[90820,23,82103,90821],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license. 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