Contains adult themes and discussion of stalking and violence against women. Nothing explicit is described.
In brief: On Nov. 2, Nikki Benz responded to a viral clip about stalking by writing that she has “never had a good experience with the police” when she needed help, and pointed to Christy Mack’s account of the night she was attacked. Later the same day she reacted to news that Toronto’s Brass Rail strip club, which is set to close Dec. 31, is shutting down.
Nikki Benz has spent more than two decades being recognized. On Nov. 2 she explained what that recognition is worth when something goes wrong.
It started with a 58-second clip posted to X by another account. Channel 304 has not watched the clip, and the post does not identify where or when it was recorded. Its caption says Benz claims police don’t take adult performers’ stalking reports seriously, and that she sleeps with a loaded Glock under her pillow after men allegedly sent mail to her home, found her private legal email and claimed to be outside her gate. The caption quotes her as saying, “The cops don’t care.”
Benz quote-posted the clip with her own summary: “Cops love getting a pic with me or an autograph, but I’ve never had a good experience with the police if I EVER needed help. Period.”
It is a neat, grim contrast: the same uniform that wants a selfie is not, in her experience, the one that shows up.
Pointing to Christy Mack
About 50 minutes later she added a second post: “I recently saw a clip of Christy Mac talking about the night she almost died, and when she called the cops they never showed up. That tells you everything you need to know.”
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That is Benz’s description of Mack’s account, in her own spelling of the name. Channel 304 has not reviewed the clip Benz refers to.
Neither post names a police department or a specific incident, and Channel 304 has not seen any police response. What the posts do show is a long-serving performer saying that fame in her line of work buys attention, not protection.
Meanwhile, on Yonge Street
The lighter news arrived that evening. A Toronto fan posted that the Brass Rail, the strip club at 701 Yonge Street, has roughly two months left. Benz replied: “I can’t believe this iconic club is closing! Anyone know what will go up there instead?”
The closing date checks out. The Globe and Mail reported in August that the Brass Rail is set to close Dec. 31, and Heritage Toronto says it is slated to close by the end of this year. Heritage Toronto’s history is a story in itself: the building held grocers, liquor stores, a billiards hall and a wartime art gallery before the Brass Rail Tavern opened in the late 1940s as a family-friendly restaurant. It had moved into adult entertainment by the late 1960s, and its façade later appeared in Drake’s “Little Birdie” video.
As for what goes up there next: if it is a condo, Toronto will at least be on brand.
Sources: Nikki Benz on X, Nov. 2, 2026 (1, 2, 3); clip post and caption, Nov. 2, 2026; The Globe and Mail; Heritage Toronto.