Hi, my name is Patti Vasquez. I never thought I'd be having to do a gofund me. however, I need help. Lots of people have been messaging me about la Perla asking why is it closed again? I can no longer hold back. I went into business with what I thought was a friend. This person supposedly had money to open a business. Little did I know he had zero money and a liar. I have invested more than 250,000 just on licenses to reopen la perla and he came in with zero money. I believed him when he said that he was going to bring in the funds to help me and never did. He then brought in my cousin and told him 30,000 is all he needed to be a partner with us. He promised to add him to legal paperwork. Never did. Fast forward to grand opening Dec 5th 6th and 7th in which my staff and I worked very hard to bring back la perla and very proud of what we had accomplished. We did fantastic on our 3 day grand opening just so this dishonest partner take all the monies from the business account on Dec 8th. He removed me on his own from the account. Left me no way to pay these employees. These employees worked 3 weeks and never got paid. They reached out to him hundreds of times for money to feed thier families and be able to give them a Christmas. He never responded and ignored thier calls. We have every txt, email,receipts to prove our situation. I payed out lots of my personal money to pay some of my staff but I can no longer do it. La Perla will remain closed until we figure what steps to take next. Meanwhile my staff is struggling. I would also like to thank everyone that came out to support our grand opening. Please know We are doing anything and everything in our power to bring la perla back bigger and better then ever. Thank you for all your support.