In 2014, Corey and Darin Feinstein, part-owner of L.A.’s Viper Room, inked a deal to purchase the Beauty Bar, and things went pretty well at first. Over the years, the bar developed a bad reputation that preceded every other thing said about it.

Official complaints filed against the bar included "multiple indecent and disorderly incidents" and reports of drug usage on the property, namely heroin.

However, Corey seemingly sold off his shares of the business before a lot of the bad press came in, closing the deal in December 2018. This was something that the Las Vegas Review-Journal confirmed shortly after. Nonetheless, a lot of the bad press for the restaurant remained attached to him as a longtime owner.

Initially, property owners claimed no affiliation with the bar despite legally owning the land it sat on, even releasing a statement to attempt to distance themselves from the drama. 

"The Plaza Hotel & Casino is not the property owner of the building where the Beauty Bar is located," a spokesperson for the company said in an email. "Tamares Real Estate is the property owner. The only connection between the Beauty Bar and the Plaza Hotel & Casino is that they both have the same landlord." Later, the company backpedaled those claims and sent an eviction notice to the bar. The owner of the club, Roxie Amoroso, was forced to vacate by March 6, 2019.