Travis Schlepp and Carlos Saucedo
A town council member from Crescenta Valley is under fire after he and another man were caught on video urinating on the door of a popular LGBTQ club in downtown Los Angeles.
It happened early Saturday morning at Precinct, a 21+ bar located at 357 S Broadway.
Video shared by the bar on social media showed two men walk up to a glass door and begin urinating.
“Last Saturday night, these two party boys decided to show everyone what not to do at Precinct,” an Instagram post reads. “They first left the bar with full cocktail glasses in hand, then decided to go to our employee entrance, whip out their [shrimp emoji] and p**s all over it together.”
One of the men, identified as Crescenta Valley Town Council member Chris Kilpatrick, reportedly got into an altercation with the club’s manager after he was confronted.
The bar alleged that the manager was physically assaulted and thrown to the ground by Kilpatrick.
The social media post did not name the town council member directly, but commenters on social media were quick to ID him.
In a statement provided to KTLA via John Duran, Kilpatrick’s lawyer, the council member alleges that the physical altercation stemmed from fear that he and his boyfriend were about to be “possibly gay bashed by these two individuals.”
Duran claims that two bar employees approached his client and grabbed him “aggressively.” He added that the individuals “were not uniformed” and did not identify themselves as employees of Precinct.
While Kilpatrick’s attorney says the facts are still being gathered, he stated that public urination is not a criminal offense, but rather an infraction that would result in a fine. He then went on to allege that Kilpatrick was acting in self-defense and was actually the victim of battery at the hands of the bar manager who approached him.
Precinct has taken the altercation in stride, encouraing those who plan on visiting the popular queer club to not “be a d*ck,” and take advantage of the establishment’s abundant restrooms.
Jeremy Lucindo, general manager of Precinct, told KTLA the post was meant to simply “call out bad behavior,” and said he had no idea that Kilpatrick was an elected official when the social media post was made.
When reached for comment regarding Kilpatrick’s alleged actions, the Crescenta Valley Town Council released the following statement,
The Crescenta Valley Town Council is aware of the social media posts concerning allegations about the conduct of a member and is actively gathering the facts surrounding the incidents. If the incidents are found to be true, such conduct is not fitting for a member of our Council.
Crescenta Valley Town Council
According to the Crescenta Valley Town Council website, Kilpatrick has been a member of the council since 2020 and owns a residential construction business.
