Owner of nightclubs
arrested in sex case

Jack Law allegedly incapacitated
and assaulted a man

CORRECTION Saturday, June 4, 2005 » An alleged sexual assault of a 30-year-old man by a Honolulu nightclub owner occurred at 5 a.m., according to police. An article on Page A3 in Thursday's afternoon edition and on Page A4 in yesterday's morning edition incorrectly reported the time as 5 p.m. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Editor Frank Bridgewater at 529-4791 or email him at corrections@starbulletin.com.

The owner of two Waikiki nightclubs and former member of the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission was arrested yesterday on suspicion of three counts of second-degree sex assault.

Jack Law, 58, allegedly assaulted a 30-year-old man in Kaimuki on May 21 at 5 p.m., according to police.

Investigators arrested him at his Sierra Drive home Wednesday at 5:20 p.m. and released him last night pending investigation. Law has not been charged.

Police would not release details about the alleged incident except that the suspect allegedly incapacitated his victim and assaulted him.

Hawaii Civil Rights Commission officials said Law served as a commissioner from 1996 to 2002. They would not comment about his arrest.

The commission was founded in 1990 as an arm of the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and enforces state laws prohibiting discrimination.

Law is also the founder of the nonprofit Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Cultural Foundation.

He is well known in the Waikiki business community as the owner of two longtime nightclubs, Hula's Bar & Lei Stand on Kapahulu Avenue and the Wave Waikiki on Kalakaua Avenue.

He could not be reached for comment.