January 28, 2021, 5:19 am
CCTV cameras at the Notting Hill restaurant where Rita Ora held her 30th birthday party during the second coronavirus lockdown were turned off to avoid filming the celebrity guests, police said (Ian West/PA)
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CCTV cameras at the Notting Hill restaurant where Rita Ora held her 30th birthday party during the second coronavirus lockdown were turned off to avoid filming the celebrity guests, police said.
CCTV switched off for Rita Ora s birthday party, police say. (PA) A Notting Hill restaurant boss has claimed Rita Ora’s team offered £5000 to break Covid rules and host a 30th birthday bash, police have revealed. CCTV at Casa Cruz were switched off on the day of the party, November 28 last year, at the request of event security. Police are trying to get the venue’s licence revoked ahead of a hearing on Thursday. Details of the event emerged in a licence review report, the PA reports. The venue boss Scottie Bhattarai told police he was offered money to host “drinks and nibbles” but no payment was made at the time and apologised for being “greedy”.
Updated: 28 Jan 2021, 8:58
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RITA Ora’s team offered a restaurant a £5,000 bung to break Covid rules for her 30th birthday bash, say cops.
They also had the CCTV cameras turned off as guests arrived on November 28 amid the second virus lockdown.
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Some party details were published in online documents
Police say CCTV hard drives were reformatted two days later, with no footage available from the previous month.
Details emerged in a licence review for Casa Cruz in London’s Notting Hill due to be heard today.
In a statement to cops on December 1, boss Scottie Bhattarai said he was contacted by a representative of Rita on his personal mobile at 5.30pm.
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CCTV switched off for Rita Ora s birthday party, police say. (PA) A Notting Hill restaurant boss has claimed Rita Ora’s team offered £5000 to break Covid rules and host a 30th birthday bash, police have revealed. CCTV at Casa Cruz were switched off on the day of the party, November 28 last year, at the request of event security. Police are trying to get the venue’s licence revoked ahead of a hearing on Thursday. Details of the event emerged in a licence review report, the PA reports. The venue boss Scottie Bhattarai told police he was offered money to host “drinks and nibbles” but no payment was made at the time and apologised for being “greedy”.