He’s Depraved Because He’s Deprived!

An interesting defense — we allow underage girls into our clubs because you expect us to:

The club scene in New York City revolves around young, hot girls who, whether or not they’re 21, are invited into parties to line the pockets of club owners and promoters bringing in six-figure salaries, those in the scene say.

“The key demographic is a young, stylish, hip person,” said promoter Eric Soler, 34, who works all over downtown Manhattan.

He and dozens of other promoters create lists of potential patrons and steer them into clubs with promises of discounted cover charges and bottle service or free-drink tickets.

“For the most part, you go after women, because women are going to bring men who are going to spend money,” he said.

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A Post reporter who responded to an online ad recruiting club promoters was met by a college-aged entrepreneur who told her to target underage girls for upcoming events.

“If they’re hot, we’ll get them in,” he said.

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A 19-year-old clubgoer said promoters sometimes go further by gathering underagers at a meeting point and escorting them into a club to help them bypass security.

On Friday, the Post watched just such an arrangement in action, as a promoter swept two young girls past ID scanners and into BED.

“These promoters are my best of friends now, but it’s not like they’re naive about underagers,” the 19-year-old said. “They know it and they like that we’re young.”