BRANCH, La. (KLFY) --Residents for and against a swingers club opening in Acadia Parish voiced their concerns during a public hearing Tuesday night. In that meeting, club owners revealed the building was vandalized during construction.

Fantasies LS Club is being built in Branch, but there has been some pushback, leading to a new parish ordinance that could restrict or even ban the club.

Douglas Brown, attorney for Fantasies LS Club, said the property was vandalized back in October, costing his clients tens of thousands of dollars. Brown says pipes for plumbing were laid out but then destroyed.

Continuing to build after property was vandalized, the owners of Fantasies LS Club ran into another hiccup.

"As soon as this process started rolling, here comes this ordinance, strangely enough," Brown said.

Concerns from some residents resulted in the Acadia Parish Police Jury creating an ordinance that will regulate some sex businesses but criminalize live sex shows. According to some parish officials, depending on how Fantasies LS Club is run, it may fall within that category.

Brown said it's unfortunate because his clients took the necessary steps to ensure Fantasies could operate properly by obtaining licenses, contracting engineers, drawing up blueprints and meeting with the parish.

The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed they received a report about the incident and were looking into it. There are no suspects.

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