Hannah Maguire

In the almost three years up to the raid, Studio 54 didn't actually have a liquor licence.

Only a series of temporary catering permits, which obviously put them under more scrutiny.

They literally was like, well, we'll just get a daily catering permit forever.

And then it all sort of got like forgotten about.

But then eventually they're like, you're a club.

You're in the news every day.

We know you're a nightclub.

You have to stop doing this.

It's exactly like that.

I think they did have to reopen for a while with no booze.

But because everyone's taking so many drugs, it doesn't matter.

It's like got big jugs of water.

Have this handful of Quaaludes instead.

Anyway, while all of this is going on, the IRS are on their tail and they can't serve any booze.

It's all getting a bit embarrassing.

Steve Rubell tries to move the heat elsewhere.

How and why he thought this would work is beyond me.

He told the press, I think he went on a TV television interview, and he said that he had evidence that the White House chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan.

Jordan, they say it weird.

It's spelt Jordan, but like, whatever.