The legendary owner of the Tunnel and Limelight Peter Gatien has filed a lawsuit against Dream Hotel And Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg of the Tao Group. The suit is over the use of such parties to use the name “Limelight” for a new nightclub at the Dream Hollywood in Southern California. Peter Gatien has been laying low for some time but has now re surfaced to protect the name and brand which he created. find out more below.
“Peter is angry and disappointed. The Limelight name is Peter Gatien’s and he is determined to fight to keep it that way,” said Ben Brafman, Gatien’s long-time New York-based lawyer who won acquittals for the nightclub operator against a host of federal drug charges in 1998.
The suit targets Dream Hotel and Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg, partners in the nightclub development company Tao Group.
It’s a uniquely personal battle for Gatien, who claims he’s known both Strauss and Tepperberg since they were teens. Strauss even went to senior prom with Gatien’s daughter Amanda, according to the lawsuit.
“What Jason and Noah are doing is morally reprehensible,” Gatien told The Post. “I have had the Limelight name since these men were in diapers. Their attempt to use my club’s success and name recognition will never be permitted to stand.”
