Gym boss films nude girls

A PARTNER in the Genesis Gymnasium at Swakopmund has allegedly been filming women when they change in the gym’s dressing room.

Heinz Laube (29) was arrested yesterday morning and appeared in the Magistrate’s Court later in the day on a charge of crimen injuria. A video containing footage of women and young girls getting changed in the dressing room was handed to the Police by the parents of one of the children on the video.Some of the girls are reported to be younger than 16 years.The Police said Laube was allegedly blackmailed by three men who were in possession of the video.They allegedly demanded thousands of dollars from him.When Laube decided to charge the men with extortion, the video was handed to the Police and Laube was subsequently charged.The three men appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge of extortion.However, the Police were unable to provide The Namibian with the names of the three suspects yesterday.Laube was released on N$2 000 bail and the case was postponed to September 9.The gym is situated at a local hotel and entertainment centre.The Namibian was unable to establish yesterday how long the alleged videotaping had carried on for.All one Police source could say was “over a period of time”.The Genesis Gym was popular among the actors of the Hollywood movie ‘Flight of the Phoenix’.The action movie, starring Dennis Quaid, was filmed in the dunes outside Swakopmund over a period of five months from November last year.A video containing footage of women and young girls getting changed in the dressing room was handed to the Police by the parents of one of the children on the video.Some of the girls are reported to be younger than 16 years.The Police said Laube was allegedly blackmailed by three men who were in possession of the video.They allegedly demanded thousands of dollars from him.When Laube decided to charge the men with extortion, the video was handed to the Police and Laube was subsequently charged.The three men appeared in court on Tuesday on a charge of extortion.However, the Police were unable to provide The Namibian with the names of the three suspects yesterday.Laube was released on N$2 000 bail and the case was postponed to September 9.The gym is situated at a local hotel and entertainment centre.The Namibian was unable to establish yesterday how long the alleged videotaping had carried on for.All one Police source could say was “over a period of time”.The Genesis Gym was popular among the actors of the Hollywood movie ‘Flight of the Phoenix’.The action movie, starring Dennis Quaid, was filmed in the dunes outside Swakopmund over a period of five months from November last year.

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