Baltimore bar owners can lose their liquor licenses for illicit sexual activity in their taverns regardless of whether they knew it was occurring, court rules.

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Baltimore bar owners can be stripped of their liquor licenses for illicit sexual activity in their taverns regardless of whether they knew, an attorney for the city’s liquor board said Tuesday in urging Maryland’s top court to reinstate a one-month suspension of the liquor license at Club Harem.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether Baltimore bar owners can be stripped of their liquor licenses for illegal sexual activity that occurs in their taverns regardless of whether they knew it is occurring.

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