Sex Shop Opens In East Cobb; Another Shop Shut Down In Marietta

MARIETTA, GA — Just as one Tokyo Valentino opened in East Cobb county, another one in Marietta had its business license pulled for selling too much sexually oriented merchandise.

On June 18, the City of Marietta revoked the license for Tokyo Valentino on Cobb Parkway because the store had been classified as “general merchandise,” yet most of its merchandise was related to sex. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that CEO Michael Morrison said he plans to appeal the decision.

According to a case file released by the city of Marietta, police officers bought sex toys and adult videos last month at the Cobb Parkway location. They also took pictures of “sex paraphernalia too extensive to summarize” — none of which Morrison mentioned in his 2018 and 2019 license applications.

Morrison took a similar bait-and-switch approach to opening a Tokyo Valentino store on Johnson Ferry Road last week. In applications to Cobb County for licenses, Morrison’s company presented his business as selling dancewear. He also initially denied knowing anything about the application when questioned by a reporter from The Marietta Daily Journal.

The newly opened East Cobb location is “doing well,” Morrison told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“This guy (Morrison) definitely appears to be a master of loopholes and zoning,” East Cobb resident Lisa Simms said at the time to WSB-TV.

Morrison’s attorney Cary Wiggins said his client would appeal the city’s decision to pull the business license for the Cobb Parkway location. The earliest opportunity to appeal would be at the July 8 Marietta City Council meeting.

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