

The police are reporting disorderly behavior and increasing calls to the barĭuring the hearing, Knoxville Police Sgt.

Lawhorn, like Paul Osterbrink, the owner of Pauls Oasis, refused to answer questions 55 times and asserted a right to fifth amendment that does not exist when a person is acting as a corporate agent. The attorneys have again banned the horns on the committee’s responsibilities, the wording of the pandemic regulations and whether the beer authority should rule on the bars’ quotes before a city court hearing. The arguments of the city and the bar’s attorney Rick Owens echoed the arguments put forward by the two attorneys at the hearing on Paul’s Oasis beer permit last week. “I don’t think I can stress enough that this is why we are here today,” she said, adding that permit holders have certain responsibilities to fulfill in a state of emergency. That month, the state reached 10,000 deaths from the virus, including 500 from Knox County. The bar stayed open for at least a week after that and received its last quote on January 28th.ĭuring her opening dispute at Tuesday’s billiards and brewery approval hearing, prosecutor Alyson Dyer cited grim milestones in the state and county battle against COVID-19. The revocation comes less than three weeks after the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission revoked the bar’s alcohol permit and fined the bar $ 1,500. The bar was the site of a fatal shootout that took place at an hour when it should have closed.Ī bar owner whose beer permit has been revoked cannot reapply for 10 years, according to a city press release. Knoxville’s Beer Board announced on Wednesday that it had revoked its beer permit for a bar in far west Knoxville that was cited 18 times for staying open after a Knox County curfew.īillard and Brews, owned by Richard Lawhorn, flouted a Knox County Board of Health curfew to slow the spread of COVID-19.
