The incident went down earlier this month on the Casa Diablo Vegan Strip Membership, the place sufferer Duncan Allen has labored for over a decade, in keeping with FOX 12.

Video captured by surveillance cameras exhibits the suspect — later recognized as stripper Peyton Lathan — strolling towards the sales space, earlier than setting a suitcase down on the bottom. She then stands in opposition to the wall, earlier than showing to tug one thing out of her sleeve and stabbing Allen twice within the again.

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“I used to be on my laptop getting some songs prepared and subsequent factor I do know, I felt like a 500-pound man punch me within the again, mainly as onerous as humanly potential, so I rotated anticipating there to be an enormous dude about to battle me and it was her [a dancer] and he or she was standing there holding the knife,” Allen advised FOX. “I nonetheless did not know I used to be stabbed at that time. Then I took a breath in and realized my left lung had collapsed.”

Per the outlet, paramedics advised Allen he was “simply minutes away from drowning in his personal blood.”

Within the video, Lathan runs off, whereas Allen holds onto his again, asking for assist.

“Half the ladies have been clearly shook and began freaking out — however the different half of the ladies have been instrumental to my survival,” Allen advised KGW8. “I used to be fading out and in of, like, consciousness due to my blood loss and oxygen loss. So, all the pieces round me was getting blurry, all the pieces was getting white.”

Officers reportedly noticed two stab wounds on Allen’s again, in addition to one underneath his left armpit.

Lathan, 29, was discovered hiding within the bushes on the aspect of the highway by police who have been escorting Allen’s ambulance to the hospital. She was arrested and charged with assault and illegal possession of a weapon.

Per court docket docs, Lathan allegedly advised police Allen “is a drug supplier” and steered she can be “pleading madness.” The DJ denies her allegations, whereas the membership’s proprietor, Johnny Diablo Žūklė believed she “undoubtedly had a psychological well being disaster.”

“She was all the time a bit of off, however she by no means exhibited indicators of violent tendencies,” he added. “I believe she had supposed to kill somebody, and it simply occurred to be Allen. And once I give it some thought, when she was within the dressing room for about 10 minutes, she appeared like she was possessed by a demon.”

A GoFundMe web page arrange on Allen’s behalf by a coworker known as the incident an “unprovoked assault,” revealing on Monday that he has since been launched from the hospital and is recovering again at house.

“Intercourse employees are equal to each different individual on the market on this world,” he additionally advised KGW8. “They usually have each proper to be liked and be handled like human beings — if it wasn’t for them I might have died. So I wish to say thanks to them.”