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John L. Smith, a columnist at the Las Vegas Review Journal, once described
Rick Rizzolo, the former owner of Las Vegas strip club the Crazy Horse
Too, as an “affable wiseguy, high-rolling gambler, and former soft touch
for politicians.” The one-time strip club owner has been described as a
friend of Las Vegas’ current mayor, Oscar Goodman, as well as other authorities
in Sin City. Steve Miller, a prolific journalist and well known figure
in Las Vegas began investigating Rizzolo in 1999, when the strip club owner
managed to obtain approval for the expansion for his business, even when
he’d already implemented the changes and opened to the public. Casino Online
spoke to the journalist about crime, corruption and celebrity status in
Sin City.
Jan. 29, 2010
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JOHN L. SMITH: RIZZOLO MESS:
The seemingly endless saga of former topless club mogul Rick Rizzolo
is scheduled to continue today with the trial of James Kimsey, the felon/paralegal
who is accused of filing legal documents over Rizzolo's signature. The
trial is scheduled for U.S. District Judge Philip Pro's courtroom. If Kimsey
is found guilty, Rizzolo's days running from his $9 million judgment obligation
to paralyzed Kansas tourist Kirk Henry could be near an end. If that happens,
Rizzolo's mess will get much deeper. The list of potential defendants next
in line to be charged with attempting to deceive federal authorities will
surely make bigger headlines.
Dec. 16, 2009
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JOHN L. SMITH: Justice on hold: Feds unable to put Rizzolo
matter to rest
Welcome back to Las Vegas, U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden.
Plenty has changed in a short time in Las Vegas, but one thing remains
the same: Your office has failed to slam the books on former Vegas topless
mogul Rick Rizzolo and the sale of his infamous Crazy Horse Too. In fact,
I'll wager that embarrassing apparition continues to haunt your office
as it tries to handle an increasingly diverse caseload.
Oct. 24, 2009
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Judge tells Rizzolo he can't use felon in lawsuit defense
Ex-strip club owner must pay some expenses of plaintiff
paralyzed after 2001 altercation
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
LAS
VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Oct. 09, 2009
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Lawyers link felon, Rizzolo's legal effort
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
LAS
VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The lawyers said they have racked up $260,000 in fees while responding
to frivolous motions from Rizzolo and Kimsey. They suggested that the relationship
between the two felons violates the conditions of Rizzolo's release from
prison.
Jun. 07, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Deposition of Rizzolo's wife generates more questions than answers
For the record, the answer is the South Pacific.
That's where you'll find the Cook Islands.
On the Cook Islands you'll find an office of Capital Security Bank and its parent Southpac Trust International, which specializes in offshore accounts and asset protection.
In a Southpac account belonging to Lisa Rizzolo, you'll find about $6 million. That much she knows.
The former Mrs. Rick Rizzolo didn't know on which island the bank holds her millions. She didn't know what ocean the Cook Islands were in. In her May 12 deposition, she admitted transferring millions to the offshore account. She also admitted making $600,000 in loans to her ex-husband. Although she offered no proof, she swore the loans were repaid.
FULL DEPOSITION:
Section 1
Section 2
Mar. 25, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Ruling gives lawyers a chance to pursue assets of former topless bar boss
But thanks to a ruling Monday from U.S. District Judge Philip Pro, civil attorneys attempting to recover the $9 million Rizzolo owes Amy and Kirk Henry will now get the opportunity to pursue any assets the former topless bar boss might have fraudulently transferred. And that means Rizzolo, his former wife, adult son, and other parties will need to make themselves available to give their depositions. It would be much easier, of course, if Rizzolo awakened and coughed up the money he's already admitted he owes the Henrys.
Mar. 25, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
Ex-club owner faces financial questions
By LAWRENCE MOWER and ADRIENNE PACKER
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
A judge's decision has cleared the way for attorneys representing a paralyzed tourist to determine whether former strip club operator Rick Rizzolo hid his financial assets through a 2005 divorce.
JOHN L. SMITH: Grand jury investigation of McDonald keeps
Rizzolo in hot seat
Mar. 01, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
Subpoena of Rizzolo sparks buzz of speculation
The former Crazy Horse Too owner is ordered
to appear before a federal grand jury
By Jeff German
LAS
VEGAS SUN
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
There’s plenty of buzz, however, around the courthouse about Rizzolo’s pending return to the building, which sources said is being coordinated by Justice Department lawyers from Washington, D.C. There has been talk that Rizzolo may be wielding influence at another local topless club in violation of his 2006 plea agreement to stay out of the business. There’s also speculation that he may have hid assets from the government in his amicable 2005 divorce.
Jan. 14, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
Rizzolo son avoids jail in battery case
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The son of the former owner of the Crazy Horse Too topless cabaret will avoid jail time in a 2007 extortion and stabbing case. District Judge Jackie Glass on Tuesday sentenced Dominic Rizzolo, 26, son of Rick Rizzolo, to spend 12 months to 72 months in prison, but suspended the sentence.
San
Jose Mercury
The Associated Press
01/13/2009
Son of former Vegas club owner gets probation
Jan. 13, 2009
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Rizzolo son gets suspended sentence in extortion, stabbing case
By DAVID KIHARA
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The son of the former owner of the Crazy Horse Too topless cabaret will
avoid jail time in a 2007 extortion and stabbing case.
Jan. 06, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Until he pays his debt, Rick Rizzolo hangs
like a monkey on your back
Jan. 03, 2009
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Vegas Review-Journal
Man says Rizzolo is hedging on injury deal
By ADRIENNE PACKER
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Attorneys representing a tourist left paralyzed after he was beaten at the Crazy Horse Too claim strip club owner Rick Rizzolo hid his assets to avoid honoring an agreement to pay the man $10 million.
A federal court judge granted Kirk Henry's request to force Rizzolo to produce financial documents, including checks, billing invoices, payment records, engagement letters and transmittal sheets, according to court records.
U.S. District Judge George Foley gave Rizzolo until Jan. 8 to submit
the paperwork to the court.
Dec. 30, 2008
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Vegas Review-Journal
'BUFFALO JIM' FAMILY MEMBERS UNSATISFIED
Daughter wants investigation into her father's death
reopened
By ADRIENNE PACKER
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
The war between Buffalo Jim and his neighbor and landlord Rick Rizzolo was triggered a decade ago when Rizzolo wanted Barrier off his property east of Interstate 15 so he could expand his club. Barrier refused to leave. At the end of the battle, there were no winners.
Rizzolo, owner of the Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's Club, pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2006, spent six months in federal prison and was stripped of his business. Barrier was found dead in a motel room in April, a day after Rizzolo was released from prison.
Jennifer Barrier is convinced her 55-year-old father was murdered, and
her family has long pointed a finger at Rizzolo.
CRAZY HORSE TOO LOSES ADULT USE ZONING AND CAN NO LONGER RE-OPEN
Judge rules against federal government in Crazy Horse
Too case
By Jeff German · June 26, 2008
LAS
VEGAS SUN
U.S. District Judge Philip Pro this morning denied a motion by federal prosecutors to postpone Monday’s city-imposed deadline to sell the Crazy Horse Too, leaving the fate of the closed topless club hanging in the balance.
The order is a blow to the government’s efforts to get a maximum sale price for the Crazy Horse Too so that its former owner Rick Rizzolo can pay off some $29 million in debts associated with the property. Those debts include $9 million owed to a Kansas City area man who was left paralyzed following a 2001 fight at the club.
In his eight-page order, Pro said that it was premature for him to take action and that he had no constitutional grounds to challenge the city zoning ordinances setting the deadline.
Pro also blamed the government for the “dilemma” it now faces.
“The United States could have attempted to obtain or extend the license and permits for the forfeited property by operating the Crazy Horse Too directly or through a receiver,” he wrote. “It chose not to do it.”
Pro said the government “must bear the consequences of its decision.”
Death in Las Vegas
James “Buffalo Jim” Barrier found dead. Will Steve
Miller be next?
By Judi McLeod Monday, April 7, 2008
Canada
Free Press
Steve Miller and Buffalo Jim Barrier. Through thick and thin they’ve been a team fighting mob corruption in Las Vegas for decades. And now Barrier is dead.
Apr. 08, 2008
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Vegas Review-Journal
Family, friends suspect foul play in death of 'Buffalo
Jim'
By ADRIENNE PACKER
REVIEW-JOURNAL
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Panel clears mayor
Ethics allegation found without merit
"I didn't do anything wrong," Goodman said Friday. "I assumed it would turn out that way." The allegation was filed by former Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Miller. "Whether they felt it was a valid request for opinion or not, it kept the mayor from helping his friends at the Crazy Horse," Miller said. "I'm glad I filed it. I'm glad the mayor kept his nose out of it."
Full record of ethics investigaion
Deadline for bids on Crazy Horse
Too
Oct 31, 2007
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Government can try to sell or lease Crazy Horse Too
By Steve Kanigher
August 30, 2007
Las Vegas Sun
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JOHN L. SMITH: Feds are still nosing around the Crazy Horse Too
Sources say Deputy Chief for Business Management Leonard Briskman of the department's Asset Forfeiture Office asked a few questions about the property.
Aug. 22, 2007
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Judge rules against Rizzolo
Imprisoned strip club owner ordered to put $1 million in escrow
August 21, 2007
LAS VEGAS SUN
Editorial: Get tough with Rizzolo
He must not be allowed to hide his assets if ordered sale of his club does not cover debt
Aug. 21, 2007
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JOHN L. SMITH: Incarcerated topless bar mogul faces deadline to sell Crazy Horse Too A jiggle joint located in a crummy strip mall in the middle of an industrial warehouse area next to a freeway isn't worth much once the liquor license is yanked and the dance stages go dark. As the sales deal foundered, the government lost its patience. Now U.S. District Judge Philip Pro has lost his patience, too. And that potentially means a major headache for the defendant and his family. Pay me now, or pay me later. Well, later has arrived. Judge Pro has opened the door to the government pursuing seizure of not only Rizzolo's wealth and property, but his ex-wife's as well. The U.S. attorney's motion to begin seizing Rizzolo's assets was granted by Pro, and Rizzolo has until Sept. 30 to beat his latest deadline or face the consequences. A failure to sell the property at a sufficient price would open the door to pursuing other family assets, and Rizzolo can't want that to happen.
August 19, 2007
Strip club owner's ex-wife does well in divorce settlement
By Jeff German
Las
Vegas Sun
The government says it cannot locate millions of dollars worth of Rizzolo
assets that may be needed to satisfy his hefty financial end of the agreement.
Apr.
19, 2007
City Council
OKs permanent liquor license for club
By DAVID McGRATH
SCHWARTZ
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mike Signorelli, manager of Crazy Horse Too, appears Wednesday before the Las Vegas City Council.
Photo by Gary Thompson.
FULL STORY http://www.lvrj.com/news/7096406.html
used his official position to keep the place open
Straw man Mike Signorelli with Goodman subordinate Jim DiFiore,
CLV Director of Business Activity. (AmericanMafia photo by Mike Christ)
Mayor Goodman's
law partner and Senator Harry Reid's
business
partner was the Crazy Horse Too's lawyer
Jay Brown (left)
represented straw man Mike Signorelli who claims to
be buying the
Crazy Horse Too. Brown, who's name has surfaced in
organized-crime
investigations, was also Goodman's law
partner, and
he and Goodman
once served as Rick
Rizzolo's corporate
agents.
(Review-Journalphoto
by Clint Karlsen)
July 03, 2007
Las
Vegas Sun
Crazy Horse Too patrons singing 'How Dry I Am'
By Jeff German
Jul. 03, 2007
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Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Crazy
thing about Crazy Horse Too is that it was once a G-string gold mine
Jul.
02, 2007
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Crazy
Horse Too runs dry
Club loses
liquor license but stays open
It was unclear why the Crazy Horse Too went dry about three hours earlier
than was required Saturday night. The pre-emptive move deprived Rizzolo's
nemesis, former City Councilman Steve Miller, of drama that he would have
trumpeted via the Internet. Miller was at the club for Saturday's deadline,
along with a photographer and "Buffalo" Jim Barrier, who owns an auto repair
business next to the club. They spent their time shooting pictures of hypodermic
needles and a pregnancy test (positive) in the club's parking lot.
FULL STORY: http://www.lvrj.com/news/8278207.html
Jun.
30, 2007
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Strip
club sale stalled as investors drop bids
I think it's fairly
apparent now that this whole thing has been a scam," attorney Don Campbell
said. He argued that he needs to look at Rizzolo's assets, since the
imprisoned businessman is now saying he is broke. "I need to take some
examination," he said. "There's no vehicle here, when he's saying, 'I don't
have any money,' by which ..."
District Court Judge Jackie Glass interrupted."Stop
, stop, please. I did not draft the settlement agreement," she said, obviously
annoyed. "You have to wait for the sale of this business." The settlement
agreement clearly states that Henry doesn't get the rest of his payment
until the club is sold, she said... Both Campbell and Rizzolo's attorney
have blamed the city revoking Rizzolo's liquor license for the stalled
sale. Glass's husband, Steve Wolfson, sits on the Las Vegas City Council.
FULL STORY: http://www.lvrj.com/news/8260717.html
June
24, 2007
Las
Vegas Sun
Countdown to closing time
Buyers have one week to purchase club before likely temporary
shutdown
By Jeff German and Mark Hansel
June 19, 2007
Las
Vegas Sun
Deadline for club's sale looms
Crazy Horse Too's 'permanent' liquor license in jeopardy
By Mark Hansel
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Miller, a vocal critic of the
council on this issue, says Signorelli is simply a front who allowed Rizzolo
to continue to exercise control over the club even after he signed the
plea deal requiring him to sell it. Signorelli, Miller says, has used his
position as a legitimate businessman to get approval for the liquor license
and keep the business open - with Rizzolo still calling some of the shots.
Jun.
03, 2007
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JOHN L. SMITH:
Time and federal patience has run out for Crazy Horse Too owner
LAS VEGAS WEEKLY
The Rise and Fall of Crazy Horse Too
by Joshua Longobardy
Four perspectives on the violent, greedy tale of an iconic strip club
May 01, 2007American success - Vegas style
Crazy Horse Too granted liquor license despite all that was going against it
By Mark Hansel
Las Vegas Sun
Wolfson, who led the questioning at the April 17 meeting, said Signorelli had taken steps to correct the problems and deserved the license. "Mr. Signorelli has been in town for many, many years, and there's not been one blemish against his record," Wolfson said. "He's a respected businessman who offered evidence of his good credit with financial institutions."
Feb. 15, 2007
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Ex-club
official sentenced
Troubles blamed on friendship
with Rizzolo
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Feb. 14, 2007
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
Former topless club shift
manager sentenced to 41 months
By GLENN PUIT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Jan. 24, 2007
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
Rizzolo
gets year and a day in prison
Crazy Horse Too owner given
time to finalize sale of topless club before turning himself in
By ADRIENNE PACKER
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
CANADA
FREE PRESS
By Steve Miller
The plot thickens
Rizzolo's sentencing delayed one week.
Council grants 90 day extension in face of multiple violations.
What in Hell is going on?
Jan. 19, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
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JOHN
L. SMITH:
BOULEVARD II: Was supposed Crazy Horse Too owner Michael Signorelli
serious when he claimed at this week's City Council meeting that he would
stop paying $70 per customer to the cabbies? Let's recap: Signorelli's
not paying his rent to ousted boss Rick Rizzolo, who isn't paying his debt
to paralyzed customer Kirk Henry, who must be having trouble paying the
rent on his house these days. Is anyone paying attention?
December 22, 2006
CANADA
FREE PRESS
Inside Las Vegas
Crazy Horse given another ninety days, but can't pay
off cabbies
Signorelli admitted he's not paying Rick Rizzolo
rent
By Steve Miller
By Jeff German
Las
Vegas Sun
Concerned over allegations they may have been duped into agreeing to
a deal that conceals the true ownership of a popular topless club, Las
Vegas City Council members said Thursday that the charges could prompt
them to reconsider their decision.
December 21, 2006
Former nightclub operator says Rizzolo acing him
out of sale
Lawsuit claims leasing of Crazy Horse Too is ruse to
keep control
By Jeff German
Las
Vegas Sun
Just weeks before his sentencing on tax evasion charges, Crazy Horse
Too landlord Rick Rizzolo has been hit with a federal lawsuit charging
that his leasing of the topless club to restaurateur Mike Signorelli is
a ruse designed to allow Rizzolo to continue calling the shots.
Dec. 15, 2006
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Ex-strip
club owner's sentencing postponed
Rick Rizzolo faces hearing
next month
By ADRIENNE PACKER
Former Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering, will not be sentenced until next month.
Nov. 02, 2006
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
Strip
club operator accepts hiring ban
Council blocks hiring anyone
with Rizzolo ties
By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL
<>It looks like the Rizzolos will have to find a new family business...
Signorelli last month promised the city that he wanted to reopen the topless
club under a clean slate. On Wednesday, Signorelli said he had been unaware
that family members were connected to Rizzolo... On Sept. 6, the City Council
imposed a $2.2 million fine and revoked Rizzolo's liquor license after
Rizzolo, the company that owned Crazy Horse Too, and 16 club employees
entered into federal plea agreements...
The City Council agreed to issue a new liquor license for Signorelli
last month. He is leasing the building for $400,000 a month, with one of
the conditions that no one who pleaded guilty to federal crimes be involved
in the business. The license is subject to a three-month review.Council
members pointed to members of the public who reported that Rizzolos continued
to work there. Former councilman and relentless Crazy Horse Too foe Steve
Miller has sent numerous e-mails and messages to the City Council alleging
that the Rizzolos continued to operate the club. In one, dated Oct. 20,
he wrote, "Rick Rizzolo's 22-year-old son Dominic is now running the CH2
(Crazy Horse Too) with Rick's brother Ralph as the number two guy."
Sep. 30, 2006
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
'god found me': New hurdle
for Crazy Horse Too
Church opens near closed
club, complicating licensing
By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Sep. 07, 2006
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gentlemen's
Club: Liquor license lost
Action could scuttle federal
plea deal with club, owner, 16 employees
By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ
The topless club is set to go dry after the Las Vegas City Council revoked
its liquor license on Wednesday, possibly scuttling a plea deal the club,
its owner, Rick Rizzolo, and 16 employees signed with the federal government,
in which they admitted to tax fraud, conspiracy to participate in racketeering
and seeking to extort payment from club patrons. The council also assessed
a record $2.192 million fine...
The council's unanimous vote was applauded by former Councilman Steve Miller
and auto shop owner "Buffalo" Jim Barrier, both longtime critics of the
club and the city's inaction on the violence there over the years. After
the vote, Rizzolo stalked out of the council chambers, put on dark sunglasses
and stuck a cigarette in his mouth. He stared straight ahead and kept walking,
ignoring a request for comment on the city's action. Not long after the
council's decision, Barrier and Miller mugged for photos outside the club.
Buffalo Jim Barrier and Steve
On April 26, 2005, Mayor Goodman made a surprise visit to Steve's
home. There, Goodman was scolded for protecting his law firm's
former and present clients at the Crazy Horse Too, and not bringing
them before the Council on a disciplinary action. On July 10, 2006,
Steve filed an ethics complaint that forced Goodman to disclose
that he once represented Crazy Horse owner Rick Rizzolo in a case
where Rizzolo pleaded guilty to beating a bar patron with a baseball
bat. The patron died three years later of his injuries. Prior to being
elected, Goodman was the criminal defense attorney for a number
of Rizzolo's mob associates including Al Rapuano, a Crazy Horse
manager. Goodman's law firm, Goodman and Chesnoff, presently
represents Vinny Faraci, another Crazy Horse manager. Based on
Steve's ethics complaint, Goodman was forced to abstain at the
Sept. 6 license revocation hearing thereby clearing the way for
the rest of the City Council to shut down the Crazy Horse Too
and temporarily end the violence. But with Goodman's help
behind the scenes, the bar soon reopened under the direction
of a client of one of Goodman's law partners.
(AmericanMafia.com photo by Mike Christ)
Crazy Horse Too stripped of liquor
license
KVBC TV CHANNEL 3 NEWS
September 7, 2006
After alleged mob ties, tax evasion
charges, and a paralyzed customer, the city council has had enough of the
Crazy Horse Too. Now, rather than running his business without a liquor
license, owner Rick Rizzolo may decide to shut down. City attorneys say
the club is corrupt and has been for years, and former City Councilman
Steve Miller says the reason is Rizzolo. "I don't consider Rick Rizzolo
a human. I think he's a moron, a thug, a goon," said Miller. Miller
says the beating that Kirk Henry received at the hands of a bouncer is
just one of the reasons why the club should be shut down."And
we cannot afford as a community to allow this. I congradulate the city
council for their action today in ending this blood bath," said Miller.
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Sep. 09, 2006
strip club: Curtain falls on Crazy Horse Too
Rizzolo decides to close as he fights liquor license revocation
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Lap dances and liquor sales ceased Friday at the Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's Club after owner Rick Rizzolo decided to close the business while fighting disciplinary action imposed by the Las Vegas City Council.
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Scott Fau - 8/4/95....Paul Russo - 12/12/97........Unidentified patron - 10/2/01.............Jermaine Simieou - 4/30/02
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Unidentified patron - 11/7/03..........Unidentified partron - 9/15/03..Unidentified patron - 11/30/02..Unidentified patron - 8/14/03
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Kirk
Henry - 9/20/01...................................Eben Kostbar - 7/3/01...
THOSE WHO PERPETUATED THE VIOLENCE:
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Frederick
Rizzolo...........Oscar Goodman and Mike McDonald..........Judge
Nancy Saitta ........ ....DA
David Roger
.
Rizzolo's crew Joey Cusumano and Oscar Goodman
THE
BEGINNING OF THE END!
5 AM, Thursday Feb. 20, 2003,
FBI - IRS - DEA Raid
****
than have Miller and Barrier on my case. - John L. Smith, LV Review-Journal, 07/27/05
after pleading guilty to racketeering and tax evasion. (AmericanMafia.com photo by Mike Christ, 06/01/06)
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
District of Nevada
Daniel G. Bogden
United States Attorney
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 1, 2006
LAS VEGAS STRIP CLUB OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES
-Parent Corporation Pleads To Racketeering Offense-
The corporate plea to racketeering charges acknowledgesthe serious threat that the Crazy Horse Too has presented to the community, and the 17 pleas to felony charges by past and present managers and employees of the club requires all those involved in its illegal operations to acknowledge some level of responsibility and guilt for its criminal existence... If patrons refused to pay a dancer or disputed charges, the shift manager or other male employees sought to extort payment from them through threats of violence and through the actual use of force.
Jul. 16, 2006
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WEEK IN REVIEW: reporters' notebook
DAVID MCGRATH SCHWARTZ
MAYOR OSCAR GOODMAN IS UPPING THE ANTE in the battle
between Hizzoner and Steve Miller, former councilman, online columnist,
longtime mayoral critic and sworn enemy of Crazy Horse Too Gentleman's
Club and its owner, Rick Rizzolo. When asked about Miller's accusations
that it was improper for the mayor to vote on an item at Wednesday's City
Council meeting involving Rizzolo -- who is a former client of the mayor
and friend -- Goodman offered this statesmanlike response: "Tell
Steve Miller he can suck my big toe."
July 15, 2006
Nevada's
Online State News Journal
Top News Story:
Are There Changes Ahead For Clark County's $kindustry?
Galardi On His Way To Prison With
Rizzolo Not Too Far Behind
by Johnny Gunn
National crime columnist Steve Miller, a former member of the Las Vegas
City Council filed ethics violation charges against Goodman on July 10.
The charges contend, in part, "In 2003 the owners of the Crazy Horse Too
donated $40,000 to Mayor Goodman's uncontested reelection campaign.
Since that time, the owners of the Crazy Horse Too have been convicted
of racketeering and tax evasion, however Mayor Goodman has repeatedly refused
to take action against their privileged license, once stating he would
not do so in the middle of a federal investigation though one year earlier
he brought the Crazy Horse Too's biggest competitor (Cheetah's) up on a
show cause action while they were also under federal investigation."
Jul. 14, 2006
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
Mayor defends club's owners
Crazy Horse Too faces loss of license
By DAVID McGRATH SCHWARTZ
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday the crimes
employees and owners of the Crazy Horse Too Gentleman's Club pleaded guilty
to didn't merit the maximum fines the city could impose... Goodman was
asked at his news conference Thursday about the admission by the company
that owns Crazy Horse Too that the club "sought to extort
payment from patrons through explicit or implicit threats of violence,
or through actual use of force." "That
is a lot different than bribing a politician. That's the integrity
of the system. This is justa
business practice that's entirely unacceptable," Goodman said.
Jul. 13, 2006
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© Las Vegas Review-Journal
CRAZY
HORSE TOO: City sets hearing for club
Council to decide punishment
for guilty pleas
Steve Miller, a critic of Goodman and his ties to Rizzolo, has called for a hearing into the club's tavern license. On Monday, Miller filed a complaint against Goodman with the Nevada Commission on Ethics and said the mayor should not vote on matters related to Rizzolo and the club.
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FELONY TAX CHARGE: Rizzolo enters guilty plea
Crazy Horse Too owner to sell club as part of deal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
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16 admit guilt in Crazy Horse case
Owner expected to plead guilty to fraud today
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
A federal judge heard 16 defendants admit their guilt Wednesday as part of a group plea agreement involving current and former employees of the Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's Club. The package deal will become final this afternoon if club owner Rick Rizzolo and his corporation, The Power Co., enter guilty pleas as scheduled. Rizzolo already has signed off on the agreement.
May 31, 2006
Precedent could subject Rizzolo to added discipline
By Dan Kulin
Las
Vegas Sun
Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo may face disciplinary action from
(the City of) Las Vegas if, as expected, he pleads guilty to felonies in
federal court. City Councilman Gary Reese said that the council's 2004
decision to fine Cheetahs for the transgressions of Michael Galardi established
a precedent for other strip clubs under the city's jurisdiction. "Nothing's
been mentioned to me, but I think that if you did it for one you should
do it for two," Reese said.
May 24, 2006
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JOHN
L. SMITH: On Frank Cremen entering the DA's race: Better late than
never
Cremen used McDonald's case as an example of a
councilman who was found to be receiving $5,000 a month from topless barowner
Rick Rizzolo and appeared to be running interference
for his friend. Cremen said he believes the district attorney should take
a more pro-active approach in such cases and issue subpoenas. "If the police
department knows you have a DA who will work with them, stand up and draw
a line and try to protect the line and not just be pushed over, I think
you'll have more law enforcement action," he said.
JOHN L. SMITH: Crazy Horse Too settlement threatens to ruin mobster's reputation
Speaking of bad connections, Faraci once was alleged to have many. His father, "Johnny Green" Faraci, is a notorious Bonanno family capo and loan shark. New York organized crime experts have said Vinny became a made guy a few years ago, and in FBI search warrant affidavits for the Crazy Horse Too there was enough mob chatter to fill a Scorsese film festival.
Las Vegas Sun
Rizzolo's ride: From the heights to the depths
By Jeff German and Steve Kanigher
He was a topless club owner with suspected ties to the mob, the kind of pedigree that, even in Las Vegas, might be expected to cause at least mild discomfort among the city's elite.
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—
Jeff German and Steve Kanigher
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CRAZY HORSE TOO: 17th defendant accepts plea
Agreement ends topless club investigation
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Like the agreements of Alberts and Rapuano, Rizzolo's deal limits his prison time to 16 months. However, Rizzolo's deal requires him to pay $10 million to Henry, $5 million in fines and forfeiture, and $1.7 million to settle his tax liability. Sgro said Rizzolo has agreed to sell the Crazy Horse within a year to pay off his debts. Sgro said prosecutors have agreed, as part of their deal with Rizzolo, not to pursue criminal charges against his sister, Annette; brother, Ralph; or father, Bart.
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Rizzolo's signature is on plea deal
Agreement doesn't mention organized crime
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Strip club owner Rick Rizzolo has signed a plea agreement that could cost him nearly $17 million and send him to prison for up to 16 months, his lawyer said Wednesday.
KLAS TV Ch. 8
Las Vegas Strip Owner, Rick Rizzolo Cuts Deal
George Knapp, Investigative Reporter
Late Tuesday night, a fax was sent to the U.S. Attorney's office. It was a plea bargain signed by Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo. Other targets in this decade long investigation signed and faxed their own agreements Wednesday, bringing to an end one of the most intensive federal investigations in Las Vegas history.
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JOHN L. SMITH: Government offers Rizzolo a sweet deal he shouldn't refuse
They made Rick Rizzolo an offer he couldn't refuse. Or, at least one he shouldn't resist. If, as expected, the ink dries on his deal with the federal government sometime this week, the owner of the Crazy Horse Too topless club will plead guilty to a tax fraud charge, serve a 10- to 16-month sentence with up to half that time under house arrest, pay up to $15 million in fines and civil penalties, and sell his Industrial Road club.
May 05, 2006
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JOHN L. SMITH: Penalties for Rizzolo stripped further as settlement negotiations continue
Earlier this week, the racketeering portion of the pre-indictment negotiations was dropped, and sources say Rizzolo now will face only a tax fraud conviction that will enable him to serve no more than 16 months in jail with the possibility of half of that time in a halfway house. Rizzolo will pay up to $15 million in fines and judgments to settle the criminal case and a civil case stemming from the beating of a Kansas tourist who suffered a broken neck after partying at the Crazy Horse Too. A RICO component, however, remains in the picture.
Los Angeles Times
Rival Says Carona Should Quit Over the Company He Keeps
A
rival of Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona on Thursday called for
his immediate resignation, saying he was outraged by published photographs
that showed the sheriff fraternizing with the owner of a
Apr. 28, 2006
JOHN L. SMITH: Pictures with strip club owner may come back to
haunt politicians
Embattled strip club owner Rick Rizzolo has taken another media hit, this time for his
association with ethically challenged Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.
By
R. SCOTT MOXLEY
Wednesday,
April 26, 2006
ORANGE
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SHERIFF TV POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT FEATURING RIZZOLO
Sheriff
Carona’s campaign claims amnesia on Vegas mob tie
By
R. Scott Moxley
ORANGE
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Rizzolo’s strip club is not just a “racketeering enterprise,”
as a pending federal indictment claims, but allegedly features the added
charms of prostitution, extortion and horrific violence. There are reports
that customers have been tortured if they don’t sign wildly inflated credit
card bills after a night of T&A. The website SteveMiller4Vegas.com
displays what it alleges are photos of bloody, injured and unconscious
patrons lying on the street outside the club. In
1985, Rizzolo used a baseball bat to crack a customer’s skull.
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JOHN L. SMITH: UNLIKE GALARDI, CRAZY HORSE TOO OWNER SEEMS DISINCLINED TO CUT DEAL
Word is the Rizzolo case is approaching a critical stage. One road leads to a negotiated settlement, the other to a trial that threatens not only Rizzolo and Co., but his family members as well. It's no secret his father, Bart Rizzolo, and sister, Annette Patterson, have been associated with the cash-rich business for many years. In a case that's one-part income tax probe, that could mean real problems for the family.
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
McDonald says time proving his innocence
By ALAN MAIMON
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Wright saidMcDonald would testify against Rizzolo at a potential trialonly if he is offered immunity from prosecution. Rizzolo, his family and his business associates have contributed at least $40,000 to Mayor Oscar Goodman's campaigns. Rizzolo has supported Goodman, and the mayor is quick to defend the strip club owner. "I like Rick Rizzolo," Goodman said."He goes to Piero's every Thanksgiving and feeds hundreds of needy people. And he treats them with dignity."
Rizzolo fingered in secret FBI reports
By Jeff German and Steve Kanigher
March 26, 2006
Las Vegas Sun
As Galardi sought to strike a deal with the government to fend off corruption charges, according to secret FBI reports obtained by the Sun, he supplied agents with derogatory information about Rizzolo. That information included allegations that Rizzolo, like Galardi, was providing cash under the table to public officials.
January 26, 2006
LAS
VEGAS SUN
Columnist
Jeff German: Learning that San Francisco businessman Luke Brugnara is ready
to buy the Crazy Horse Two topless club from Rick Rizzolo
He's offering few details,
but San Francisco real estate man Luke Brugnara confirms he's got a deal
to buy the embattled Crazy Horse Too topless club... The transaction is
giving credence to rumblings that Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo has
been trying to unload the club before federal authorities file a massive
racketeering indictment against him...Rizzolo's
lawyers flew to Washington in December to meet with top Justice Department
officials in a last-ditch effort to persuade them not to charge the longtime
strip club operator, who has been linked to a series of mob figures over
the years.The
criminal case, however, is proceeding and nearing its anticipated indictment,
I'm told.
GEORGE CLOONEY GRILLED IN VEGAS MOB PROBE
January 9, 2006
Patrons who dispute fees have often been threatened or attacked by bouncers, says former Las Vegas city councilman Steve Miller. He says police were called to the club 737 times in just three years.“Rick Rizzolo made his fortune by paying off crooked cops, politicians, DAs and judges to keep a lid on his and his associates’ criminal activities,” Miller charges. “It will now take the FBI and the IRS to clean up what we on a local level should have had the courage to stop years ago.” - Globe
A STAR-STUDDED STRIP CLUB PROBE
GEORGE RUSH AND JOANNA RUSH MOLLOY WITH JO PIAZZA AND CHRIS ROVZAR.
New York, N.Y.: Dec 19, 2005. pg. 20
Investigators probing alleged racketeering at the Crazy Horse Too strip club have questioned several of its star patrons, including George Clooney, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, sources tell us.
Las Vegas
# The Crazy Horse Too Gentlemen's
Club and its expansion;
# City plans for the widening of
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Carona donor under probe
Vegas club owner said to have mob ties.
Orange
County Register
Besides his reported mob connections, Rizzolo
has a criminal record: he pleaded
guilty in 1985 to battery for a
baseball bat attack on a Crazy Horse patron,
who suffered brain damage, records show.
Oct. 01, 2005
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Vegas Review-Journal
JANE
ANN MORRISON: Lance Malone's friendly divorce still keeps assets in extended
family
Divorcing to protect assets is not uncommon. Another
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Lawyer for Crazy Horse Too owner blows his top over facts and law
August 05, 2005
LAS
VEGAS SUN
Columnist Jeff German: Sweet deal for Rizzolo's ex may
not be all about love
District of Nevada
CRAZY HORSE TOO MANAGER
CHARGED WITH FEDERAL RACKETEERING & TAX OFFENSES
Indictments Allege Extortion & Robbery, False Statements,
& Tax Evasion-
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Copyright © Las
Vegas Review-Journal
"Frankly, I'd rather be attacked by a swarm of malaria-crazed mosquitoes than have Miller and Barrier on my case."
July 22, 2005
LAS
VEGAS SUN
Columnist Jeff German: Problems grow for Rizzolo
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
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JOHN L. SMITH: Rizzolo in a world of hurt -- and it's only going to get worse
LAS VEGAS SUN
Columnist Jeff German: Feds look to make deal with Rizzolo
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH:
Attorneys for Crazy Horse Too boss see indictment coming soon
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Copyright
© Las Vegas Mercury
Knappster: Crazy Horse indictments may focus on tips,
cab bounties
By George Knapp
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION: Club manager arrested
Indictment alleges racketeering at Crazy Horse Too
By GLENN PUIT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Photo by John Gurzinski, Las Vegas Review Journal
Friday, January 21, 2005
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Club manager, pregnant wife remain in jail
Supporters say couple being used to get to Crazy Horse Too owner
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Thursday, January 20, 2005
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Prosecutors: Pair gave false testimony
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Copyright
© Las Vegas Review-Journal
WEEK IN REVIEW: FBI arrests club manager
Friday, January 21, 2005
Copyright
© Las Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Indictment pulls at thread that might unravel more than
fancy suit
Sunday, January 23, 2005
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Crazy Horse Too club has history of violent incidents
By FRANK GEARY
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Saturday, January 22, 2005
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CRAZY HORSE TOO CASE: Strip club manager exits jail
Prosecutor argues D'Apice is threat to community
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Tough
guy Bobby D'Apice may be in for fight of his life
D'Apice is plenty tough, all right, but these days the 50-year-old
Brooklyn native finds himself tangling with an opponent out of his weight
class: the FBI and IRS. He's at the center of what is shaping up as the
first phase of an investigation into the club, Rizzolo and what authorities
believe is a criminal history that rises to the level of racketeering.
Although the case has been exceedingly quiet in recent months, IRS
and FBI agents were spotted Tuesday morning entering D'Apice's home at
of Brutality at Crazy Horse Too
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
August 9, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
JOHN L. SMITH: Crazy Horse Too shift manager's luxurious spread likely to intrigue IRS
Now, you may ask why a cop and a man of Faraci's reputed pedigree are doing business, but I've never been the inquisitive type.
COLUMN:
JOHN L. SMITH
Friday, July 02, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tonight, "Dateline NBC" presents its take on the Crazy Horse Too topless
cabaret, a segment that is sure to embarrass Las Vegas and makesome
people wonder why the controversial club, the subject of an ongoing FBI,
IRS, and Metro investigation into everything from racketeering to tax evasion,
is still open. The segment
will focus on a case involving
Judge
dismisses part of strip club suit against cops
By Jace Radke
June 29, 2004
LAS VEGAS SUN
A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by topless-club
owner Rick Rizzolo against Metro Police alleging that officers conducted
an illegal search of his Crazy Horse Too club on
Oct. 4, 2001.
JOHN L. SMITH: Topless
clubs cast spells that leave politicians dumbstruck, or just dumb
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
REVIEW JOURNAL
We haven't mentioned the expected indictment of the crowd at the Crazy
Horse Too. The FBI and IRS are working overtime with the
Rizzolo,
feds itching for a fight
Columnist Jeff German
June 11, 2004
Sixteen months after FBI agents raided his popular strip club looking
for evidence of hidden mob interests, federal prosecutors are preparing
to seek racketeering indictments against Rizzolo and his management team,
some of whom, federal investigators say, have underworld ties. Authorities
have put the word out that they're hoping indictments will be returned
as early as September.
Golden
Nugget's prospective owners may ask board to alter license recommendation
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By JEFF SIMPSON
GAMING WIRE
"I want there to be a conclusion of the FBI's investigation of Rick
Rizzolo (before Poster and Breitling's limitation ends)," Scherer said.
Gaming
Control Board does right thing with Golden Nugget purchase
Regulatory diligence
Monday, January 12, 2004
EDITORIAL
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
"People such as you, very successful, very young, are considered marks,"
he lectured Mr. Poster. "People in organized
crime try to set you up, to get some of your funds. And I think that's
what they were trying to do with you."
Gaming
Board approves sale of Golden Nugget -- with one-year limitation
Thursday, January 08, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By JEFF SIMPSON
GAMING WIRE
Concern about the relationship of strip-club
owner Rick Rizzolo to prospective Golden Nugget buyers Tim Poster and Tom
Breitling prompted the Gaming Control Board on Wednesday to tack a one-year
limitation on the duo's license recommendation.
Compilation
of Rizzolo TV news stories
KVBC TV NEWS
Glen Meek reporting
It
isn't easy being pals with topless bar magnate Rizzolo these days
JOHN L. SMITH:
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Those
crazy troublemakers keep trying to give topless cabaret bad name
JOHN L. SMITH:
Sunday, November 02, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
32-year-old
man shot in strip club parking lot
Friday, October 31, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Man
shot in parking lot of topless club
October 30, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
Rizzolo
accused of assault with baseball bat
Friday, October 17, 2003
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JOHN L. SMITH
Judge
rules against topless club
October 15, 2003
By Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
Judge
denies Crazy Horse Too claim
Failure to show search violated strip club owner's rights cited
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
Rizzolo
intercepted via wiretaps, lawyer says
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By GLENN PUIT
Rizzolo
files suit against Metro
October 01, 2003
Topless-club owner alleges police staged an illegal search
By Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
Top
Cop calls Rizzolo person of "ill repute," and "suspect"
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
August 11, 2003
INTERNAL
AFFAIRS PROBE: Sergeant punished over loan
Longtime friend of topless club owner accepted $15,000 to finance venture
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By J.M. KALIL
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The sheriff said Keller, who
is married to one of the Police Department's top civilian employees, could
have been demoted or fired after Internal
Affairs investigators ruled he violated department policies prohibiting
officers from "accepting gifts from suspects" and"consorting
with persons of ill repute."
Sergeant
who took loan from club owner transferred
By Jace Radke
August 06, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
Vegas
police discipline officer over loan from topless club owner
August 06, 2003
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Feds
won't give up documents seized in raid of topless club
By Jace Radke
July 08, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
Club
files against FBI agents
Saturday, June 21, 2003
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By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNALMay 30, 2003
Strip
club handouts soil hands of recipients
Columnist Jeff German
Las Vegas Sun
May 30, 2003
Las
Vegas politics mirrors culture
Campaign game is unique in freewheeling 'Sin City'
By Philip J.
LaVelle
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
May 31, 2003
CAMPAIGN
MAILERS: Backers turn on Moncrief
Pair claim councilwoman conspired to violate election laws to oust
McDonald
Thursday, June 19, 2003
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FRONT PAGE
By JANE ANN MORRISON
Columnist
Jeff German: Rizzolo comes out swinging vs. FBI
Las Vegas SUN
March 07, 2003
Rizzolo
smiling after court ruling
Judge orders return of all items seized in raid at topless club Friday,
March 07, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Strip
club gets back property from FBI
March 06, 2003
By Jace Radke
and Jeff German
LAS VEGAS SUN
Club
staff alleges being held for hours at gunpoint
Saturday, March 01, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
Odd
moonlighting offer,
The
Horse's Chicago ties
Crime & Punishment
By Cathy Scott
February 28, 2003
Las Vegas CityLife
Strip
club won't get computers back for awhile
Feds to return some items seized in raid
February 27, 2003
By Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
Rizzolo
opens PR campaign
February 25, 2003
Columnist Jeff German
Las Vegas Sun
Crazy
Horse Too wants items back
Strip club goes to court to reclaim
property seized in raid
February 25, 2003
Las Vegas Sun
By Jace Radke
80
Feds Raid Mobbed Up Boob Bar
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
February 24, 2003
Rizzolo's
associations with reputed mobsters catching up with him
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Sunday, February 23, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Club
owner calls raid unwarranted
Crazy Horse Too's Rizzolo says authorities targeting him because of
past associations
Saturday, February 22, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
New
Information In Raid At Crazy Horse Too Club
Video included
February 21, 2003
KVBC TV News
Columnist
Jon Ralston: Power elite dread raid fallout
Las Vegas SUN
February 21, 2003
Links
to organized crime sought in strip club raid
February 21, 2003
Las Vegas Sun
By Jace Radke
Stripping
away club's facade
Columnist Jeff German
Las Vegas Sun
February 21, 2003
ORGANIZED
CRIME INVESTIGATION: Raid looks for mobster link
Club records dating to '95 are seized
Friday, February 21, 2003
FRONT PAGE
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
Illegal
drugs hardly high on list of goals for Crazy Horse raid
Friday, February 21, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Feds,
police raid adult club
Dozens of officers, agents swarm site before dawn
February 20, 2003
By Jace Radke
LAS VEGAS SUN
Possible
Mob Connections Prompt Local Topless Club Raid
KLAS TV News
February 20, 2003
Early
Morning Raid at Local Topless Club
Alyson McCarthy, Reporter
KLAS TV News
February 20, 2003
The sleazy Mob that runs today's
Las Vegas
ElectricNevada.com
Feb 16 - 22, 2003 edition
VEGAS'
NEWEST RACKET
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
February 3, 2003
Buffalo,
Horse shake hands
Quick and Dirty: A notebook of news and politics
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Mercury
Justice
– Vegas Style
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
January 20, 2003
ON
THE BOULEVARD:
Friday, January 17, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Knappster:
Jury, media don't jibe on Rizzolo
By George Knapp
Thursday, January 16, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Mercury
Strip
club wins lawsuit filed over patron's death
By Jace Radke
January 14, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
WRONGFUL
DEATH LAWSUIT: Jury rules for club
Widow alleged fatal beating
Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bartender
says he didn't cause death
By Erica D. Johnson
January 13, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
Mobbed-up
Vegas Bar Hits Barrier
Expansion Plans Stymied by Long-Standing Garage Lease
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
January 13, 2003
Strip
club workers' actions criticized
By Erica D. Johnson
January 10, 2003
LAS VEGAS SUN
Strip
club asked to pay for death
January 09, 2003
By Erica D. Johnson
LAS VEGAS SUN
Strip
club suit
Las Vegas CityLife
Thursday, January 09, 2003
Crime-court Beat
By Cathy Scott
The
New Vegas Mob?
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
January 6, 2003
'Sopranos'
serving Italian to go
VegasBeat -- Timothy McDarrah:
Las Vegas Sun
January 03, 2003
More Allegations
Against The Crazy Horse Too
KVBC TV News
December 31, 2002
News 3 Investigation
Streaming
Video
Glen Meek Reporting
Vegas Strip Club Strong Arm Tactics
Jerry Nachman Report
MSNBC
December 26, 2002
Guest: Glen Meek
Vegas
markers are never forgotten
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
December 23, 2002
'Nightmare'
at strip club haunts man
Disabled Kansan seeks damages for injuries suffered at Crazy Horse
Too
Sunday, December 22, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By J.M. KALIL
Las
Vegas TV News Exposes Rizzolo's Mob Connections
AmericanMafia.com
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
December 16, 2002
An
Open Letter to Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman
This is a Must Read!
AmericanMafia.com
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
December 3, 2002
Allegations
Against 'Crazy Horse Too'
November 22, 2002
KVBC TV
News 3 Investigation
Streaming
Video
Glen Meek Reporting
Allegations
Against 'Crazy Horse Too' (Part 2)
November 22, 2002
KVBC TV
News 3 Investigation
Streaming
Video
Glen Meek Reporting
Rizzolo
Explains What Happened
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
Las Vegas Tribune
November 20, 2002
New
Crazy Horse Too Hits Barrier
Expansion Plans Halted
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
November 20, 2002
By Steve Miller
Law
enforcement open about keeping Crazy Horse Too documents closed
Sunday, November 17, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Judge
Saitta Holds Key to Justice in the Fau Wrongful Death Trial - January 6
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
FRONT PAGE
November 13, 2002
By Steve Miller
Lawyers
for plaintiff pull no punches in Crazy Horse Too affidavits
Friday, November 08, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Sgro Complains About Miller's
"Inaccuracies"
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
©1997-2002 Las Vegas Tribune
November 6, 2002
300 Pound Bouncer to be Tried for Battery
9 Beatings Reported - "Pattern of Violence Continues"
©1997-2002 Las Vegas Tribune
November 6, 2002
By Steve Miller
Allegations
Against 'Crazy Horse Too' Gentleman's Club
November 5, 2002
KVBC TV
News 3 Investigation
Glen Meek Reporting
Crazy
Horse Too owner may wish criminal investigation was less civil
Sunday, November 03, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Tourist Claims He
Was Assaulted at Crazy Horse Two
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
October 30, 2002
By Steve Miller
Topless
club proprietor staying cool under heat of criminal inquiry
Sunday, October 27, 2002
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
COLUMN: John L. Smith
Buffalo wins another round in
court battle with Crazy Horse
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
October 16, 2002
Rapuano
Granted Liquor License by Council - Alleged Mob Ties Ignored
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
October 14, 2002
Tourist
Claims He Was Paralyzed By Bouncer at Vegas Topless Club
KVBC TV
Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press
October 5, 2001
Rizzolo’s
Trials Loom - DA Averts Prosecution
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
October 2, 2002
Las
Vegas’ Seamy Underside
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
September 16, 2002
Disclosure is the
Essence of the Ethics Law
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
Las Vegas Tribune
September 11, 2002
Crazy Horse Attempts
to Evict Buffalo
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
September 4, 2002
By Steve Miller
More Harassment Allegations
Filed Against Crazy Horse Too
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
August 21, 2002
By Steve Miller
Barrier Wins Round Against
Rizzolo
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
August 14, 2002
By Steve Miller
Is it Payback Time for Oscar?
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
July 31, 2002
Lack
of Security Cited as Reason for Child Left in Car
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
FRONT PAGE
July 31, 2002
By Steve Miller
Two new trial dates set for lawsuits
against Rizzolo
July 10, 2002
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
By Steve Miller
The District Attorney
Shows His Priorities
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
July 10, 2002
Clout
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
July 3, 2002
City Enforcing
Parking on Private Property
Political Favoritism Charged
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
FRONT PAGE
July 3, 2002
By Steve Miller
Fau Wrongful Death Trial Rescheduled
for Third Time
No more dismissals or delays anticipated
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 26, 2002
By Steve Miller
Barrier sues Rizzolo for Harassment
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 26, 2002
By Steve Miller
We have the right to brag
EDITORIAL
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 19, 2002
"Loitering" Controversy Deepens
- Lessee Claims City Hall Involvement
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
(Photos of drunks and kids "Loitering")
FRONT PAGE
June 19, 2002
By Steve Miller
Wrestling Fans Fight Crazy Horse II
KVBC TV NEWS
June 13, 2002
Glen Meek, reporter
CHILDREN PICKET TOPLESS BAR
Landlord Says Children at Wrestling Match are "loitering" - Threatens
Eviction
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
(Photo of children picketing)
FRONT PAGE
June 12, 2002
By Steve Miller
Crazy
Horse Protest
Owner of club accused kids of loitering at a nearby wrestling school
(Live video of Rizzolo smoking cigar and talking)
KLAS-TV
June 12, 2002
Tom Jones, Reporter
Local
Children Fight Topless Nightclub
(Live video of Rizzolo's lawyer defending him)
KVBC TV News
June 12 - 13, 2002
Judge Saitta Should Recuse from Fau
Case
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 12, 2002
City Fire Officials Accused of Helping
Topless Bar to Expand
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 5, 2002
By Steve Miller
The Big Squeeze
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
© Copyright Las Vegas Tribune
June 5, 2002
The company he
keeps
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May 19 - 25, 2002 edition
Is the Fire Department being
used as a political pawn?
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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May 22, 2002
Moron in their midst
EDITORIAL
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May 15, 2002
Expansion of Topless Bar
Stymied by Old Leases
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May 15, 2002
By Steve Miller
Crazy Horse Too
Robs And Nearly Kills A Customer
Stripper Power.com
May 14, 2002
Critic
of district attorney candidate better get fax straight
Monday, May 13, 2002
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By Jane Ann Morrison
ANOTHER BEATING REPORTED AT
CRAZY HORSE TOO
Pattern of Violence Continues
(Photo of alleged beating victim)
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May 8, 2002
FRONT PAGE
By Steve Miller
CORRUPTION IN NEVADA?
( PART TWELVE )
THE COMPANY HE KEEPS
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May 8, 2002
Rizzolo's
reputation might be hurt by company he keeps
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COLUMN: John L. Smith
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Renata is Still Exposed!
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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April 24, 2002
Crazy Horse Too Wrongful
Death trial postponed again
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FRONT PAGE
March 20, 2002
By Steve Miller
The
Bare Facts: Part I
American Mafia.com
February 2002
By John William Tuohy
The Bare
Facts: Part II
American Mafia.com
February 2002
By John William Tuohy
Mob
Stories
Gambling Magazine
The Bare Facts: Part I
By John William Tuohy
Cabbie Diversion Hypocrisy
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
January 16, 2002
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Topless bar claims another victim
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December 5, 2001
By Steve Miller
The canard of 'tainted' juries
Sunday, November 18, 2001
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COLUMN: Thomas Mitchell
FIRST AMENDMENT: Judge won't gag newspaper
Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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By CARRI GEER THEVENOT
TERROR AND CARNAGE ON INDUSTRIAL ROAD
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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October 24, 2001
Selling Sleaze Scrupulously
By Jon Moser
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10/23/01
Rizzolo Responds to Tribune Articles
Rizzolo's unedited Letter to the Editor
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October 17, 2001
Mr. Rizzolo shoots blanks
at the messenger
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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October 17, 2001
Show Cause Hearing requested for topless
club
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FRONT PAGE
October 10, 2001
TIPS Program Ignored by Local Topless
Bar
October 10, 2001
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FRONT PAGE
(Photo of drunk)
By Steve Miller
Strip
club searched after assault on customer
By Keith Paul
LAS VEGAS SUN
Friday, October 5, 2001
Man
Says Bouncers Paralyzed Him
KLAS-TV
October 5, 2001
Carol Wilkinson, Reporter
Paralyzed
Kansas Man Files Lawsuit Against Club
KLAS TV NEWS
Oct. 5, 2001
Tom Jones, Reporter
DID CLUB DISPUTE LEAD TO BROKEN NECK?
Oct. 4, 2001
John L. Smith
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Another beating reported at topless bar
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October 3, 2001
By Steve Miller
A BROKEN
NECK FOR $88 DOLLARS
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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October 3, 2001
Racketeering Charge Against Rizzolo Sticks
By Steve Miller
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September 26, 2001
Wrongful death lawsuit reinstated against
Crazy Horse Too
August 22, 2001
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By Steve Miller
Crazy Horse and
the Battle of Little Big Horn
COMMENTARY: Steve Miller
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August 1, 2001
The Horse's Ass
Column: Steve Miller
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July 18, 2001
Councilman Rizzolo?
COLUMN: Steve Miller
(N.D.O.T. drawing)
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December 13, 2000
Rizzolo Caught
In The Act Of Spying On Neighbor
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(Photos of bouncers intimidating photographer)
December 6, 2000
By Steve Miller
Sheriff:
Evidence
in McDonald probe enough for arrest
By Erin Neff
and Keith Paul
October 16, 2000
LAS VEGAS SUN
Topless
bar owner's good name at stake in defamation lawsuit
Thursday, September 21, 2000
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COLUMN: John L. Smith
Adult
club dancers are on hand at fund-raiser
By Jeff German
September 07, 2000
LV Sun
Affidavits accuse Crazy Horse
Too of prostitution and drug sales
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August 16, 2000
Religion Notes
Las Vegas Review Journal
July 22, 2000
Church
blocking adult business scrutinized
By Ed Koch
July 14, 2000
LAS VEGAS SUN
July 21, 2000
Church's
illegal paperwork discovered
Adult club tied to suspicious church opening
By Erin Neff
LAS VEGAS SUN
July 21, 2000
HANDS
OFF
A repair shop owner grapples against an eviction effort brought by
his landlord.
Monday, May 08, 2000
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By Mike Zapler
POLITICAL
PARTIES, PART II:
THE NEVADA INSIDERS E-BRIEFING
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John L. Smith
December 13, 1999
It Pays to
be a Las Vegas City Councilman!
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(Before & after photos of councilman's
new house)
November 2, 1999
By Steve Miller
Political
uprising - Councilman surprises critics
(Councilman refuses to discuss if he pays
rent to Cusamano's family for house)
By Erin Neff
November 2, 1999
Las Vegas Sun
City Sued
Over Illegal Expansion of Topless Nightclub
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October 28, 1999
Commissioners
do hootchy-kootchy in adult business vote
John L. Smith
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Sept. 23, 1999
Ordinances
target adult businesses
Thursday, August 05, 1999
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Steve Friess
McDonald's Mafia
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June 14, 1999
By Steve Miller
Ex-officer
fights Black Book listing
By John Wilen
LAS VEGAS SUN
March 19, 1999
Topless
nightclub circuit becomes battleground in City Council race
March 09, 1999
Columnist Jeff German
LV Sun
Three Councilmen Manipulated
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February 19,1999
A Tawdry Affair
By STEVE SEBELIUS
City Life
February 12,1999
"Where such is not allowed"
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February 11, 1999
By Steve Miller
Council
OKs strip club expansion
Despite accusations and one abstention, Crazy Horse Too
receives approval for an already completed addition.
Tuesday, February 09, 1999
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By Mike Zapler
Strip
club pursues expansion approval
(after project completed)
Tuesday, February 02, 1999
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Mike Zapler
Crazy Zoning
Las Vegas Boulevard
John L. Smith
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
January 29, 1999
McDonald
under investigation
By Cathy Scott
LAS VEGAS SUN
May 26, 1998
Doumani
brothers will be back in the headlines in 1998
December 23, 1997
Columnist Jeff German
Las Vegas Sun
Topless
club sued over patron's death
By Bill Gang
LAS VEGAS SUN
August 01, 1997
Cusumano's
casino role bared
March 25, 1996
JEFF GERMAN
LV Sun
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