Heaven nightclub has been shut down immediately after a bouncer was charged with raping a drunk woman who had been turned away from the venue.
The world famous gay club had its licence suspended for 28 days following an emergency hearing at Westminster council on Friday.
The woman said she was attacked by a bouncer on November 1 and was then “ignored” when she tried to report the assault to other club security staff, the meeting was told.
She had been queuing with friends to get in to Heaven for about two hours before reaching the front, but was then “refused entry for being too intoxicated”, the Met said in its evidence to the council.
The force added: “The [group] left the queue and the victim approaches a member of security and asks if they can be allowed in so they can get their friends who are already inside.
“The victim is then approached by another male security guard who says that he can help them to get in.”
The meeting heard that the suspect led the woman away from the entrance of the nightclub and her friends and walked her into a side street.
She was described as “unsteady on her feet and appears clearly drunk” on CCTV.
Footage shows the woman climbing into the back of the vehicle followed by the suspect and whilst in the rear of the car he allegedly “had non-consensual sex with the victim”, officers told the licensing committee.
When she reported being assaulted to other security workers at Heaven they reportedly “ignored her”, according to police.
The expedited licensing review heard that detectives arrested the suspect at Heaven on November 11. One man has since been charged with rape. Subsequent enquiries showed that the arrested man was not permitted to work in the UK and may have “provided a false name to his employer in order to gain work”.