Father of the year right here.
A Van Nuys father has been charged with leaving his 9-month-old girl in his car for an hour during a daytime visit to a strip club, prosecutors said.
Auwin Dargin, 24, pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of child abuse, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. If convicted of the charges, Dargin faces up to six years in prison, prosecutor said.
The baby was found inside the car only after Matthew Nadeau, an assistant manager at Synn Gentleman’s Club in North Hills, heard her cries.
Dargin was in the middle of receiving a lap dance when the manager stepped in and stopped the action to notify him that they had just found his baby, he said. Dargin was angry that the manager stopped the dance.
Dargin left the club saying, “Just give me my baby and I know I am messing up,” Nadeau said.
Amazingly, he pleaded not guilty.