Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip club owner skimmed cash to pamper pooch, pay kids’ tuition
July 31, 2011 at 3:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsStrip club owner skimmed cash to pamper pooch, pay kids’ tuition
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But Pebbles was no stripper. Pebbles was the strip club poobah’s pooch.
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The government’s sentencing memo, filed last week in federal court in Detroit, colorfully — and sarcastically — chronicles how Faranso used an elaborate computer scheme to siphon money from his strip clubs: Tycoon’s on Eight Mile and BT’s Lounge in Dearborn.
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He used corporate funds to pay for Pebbles’ vet bills, shopping excursions at pet stores and an invisible fence, prosecutors said. Strip club cash also paid for his daughters’ private school tuition and a $1,492 photo of his four daughters.
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“Given the statements by Faranso and his family that he maintained strict separation of his work life and family life, it seems highly unlikely that he used the photo of his daughters to decorate his strip club,” the government’s trial attorney Kenneth Vert wrote in the sentencing memo.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Ten Things You Never Knew About Tom Waits
July 29, 2011 at 11:36 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments1. Post-Hardcore outfit The Fall Of Troy named the tenth track on their second album, ‘Doppleganger’, after the gravelly-voiced one himself. Waits repaid the honour by writing the harrowing family tale ‘The Fall Of Troy’ for the 2006 collection ‘Orphans, Bawlers & Bastards’. Something for them to tell the grandkids.
2. The early Nineties found Sunset Strip club The Central on the verge of closing until Waits rang pal Johnny Depp and suggested they change the name to The Viper Room. Becoming the place to be seen, its atmosphere was soon tarnished by the tragic death of actor River Phoenix outside.
3. While touring 1976 album ‘Small Change’, a stripper would appear during ‘Pasties And A G-String’. Seductively walking over to the performer she would drop her clothes and the two would tango around the stage. Once finished, Waits would yell, “Gee, that was great. I haven’t seen my mother in years.”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Detroit police cracking down on trouble nightclubs
July 28, 2011 at 6:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… It is just craziness,” said Kevin Orlik, 27, who lives in the Grand Circus Park area, within walking distance of several of the clubs and bars. “We can hear the yelling. We can hear the arguing. We can hear the gunshots.
“We shouldn’t have to deal with this.”
On Friday, Williams told owners of several downtown establishments to beef up security, make sure their staffs conduct weapons searches, keep out people under 21 and market their clubs to a less rowdy crowd. Williams is stepping up traffic enforcement, ticketing and towing people who park illegally.
Clubs that do not comply face a sharper look from police, including the enforcement of nuisance abatement ordinances. The ordinances have been used previously to target strip clubs with a history of violence and drug issues.
Detroit Strip Clubs: New law aimed at strip club signs stopped by judge
July 28, 2011 at 6:36 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsNew law aimed at strip club signs stopped by judge
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DETROIT (AP) – A federal judge says Michigan’s restrictions on signs promoting sexually oriented businesses is unconstitutional.
Judge John Corbett O’Meara ruled in favor of the Penthouse Club, a Detroit strip club. He says the new law violates the First Amendment because it bans all images on signs.
The law says signs outside an adult business can only display words, numbers and trademarks. The Penthouse Club has a large sign with a woman in a short skirt and skimpy top.
The judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping enforcement of the law, which took effect in March. O’Meara said Tuesday the law illegally singles out sexually oriented businesses only.
See the full article from “WLNS”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Judge lets Michigan strip club keep elicit sign
July 28, 2011 at 6:36 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsDETROIT (AP) — A federal judge is siding with the Penthouse Club. The Detroit strip club has a large sign with a woman wearing a short skirt and skimpy top. Detroit has a new law that bans all images on signs promoting sexually oriented businesses. But Judge John Corbett O’Meara has ruled in favor of the Penthouse Club. The judge says the law is unconstitutional because it targets a single type of business.
See the full article from “KMOV.com”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Detroit police cracking down on trouble nightclubs
July 28, 2011 at 6:36 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… It is just craziness,” said Kevin Orlik, 27, who lives in the Grand Circus Park area, within walking distance of several of the clubs and bars. “We can hear the yelling. We can hear the arguing. We can hear the gunshots.
“We shouldn’t have to deal with this.”
On Friday, Williams told owners of several downtown establishments to beef up security, make sure their staffs conduct weapons searches, keep out people under 21 and market their clubs to a less rowdy crowd. Williams is stepping up traffic enforcement, ticketing and towing people who park illegally.
Clubs that do not comply face a sharper look from police, including the enforcement of nuisance abatement ordinances. The ordinances have been used previously to target strip clubs with a history of violence and drug issues.
Detroit Strip Clubs: New Law Aimed at Strip Club Signs Stopped by Judge
July 27, 2011 at 1:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsNew Law Aimed at Strip Club Signs Stopped by Judge
Updated: Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011, 10:21 AM EDTPublished : Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011, 10:21 AM EDT
Posted by myFOXDetroit.com Staff
DETROIT – A federal judge says Michigan’s restrictions on signs promoting sexually oriented businesses is unconstitutional.
Judge John Corbett O’Meara ruled in favor of the Penthouse Club, a Detroit strip club. He says the new law violates the First Amendment because it bans all images on signs.
The law says signs outside an adult business can only display words, numbers and trademarks. The Penthouse Club has a large sign with a woman in a short skirt and skimpy top.
The judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping enforcement of the law, which took effect in March. O’Meara said Tuesday the law illegally singles out sexually oriented businesses only.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip club wins; judge stops Mich. law restricting signs at sexually oriented …
July 27, 2011 at 1:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsDETROIT — A federal judge says Michigan’s restrictions on signs promoting sexually oriented businesses is unconstitutional.
Judge John Corbett O’Meara ruled in favor of the Penthouse Club, a Detroit strip club. He says the new law violates the First Amendment because it bans all images on signs.
The law says signs outside an adult business can only display words, numbers and trademarks. The Penthouse Club has a large sign with a woman in a short skirt and skimpy top.
The judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping enforcement of the law, which took effect in March. O’Meara said Tuesday the law illegally singles out sexually oriented businesses only.
See the full article from “The Republic”
Detroit Strip Clubs: Matthew Stafford Is the Future Face of the Detroit Lions, but Not the NFL
July 27, 2011 at 1:37 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsThe point they’re trying to make here is that Stafford has put on weight, presumably due to lots and lots of beer consumption. I can’t argue about the beer, but if that picture of Stafford qualifies him as “out of shape,” then tell me what I need to do to get “out of shape” like that.
I’ll start the regimen tomorrow.
If there is a story here at all, it’s that Stafford went out partying with his buds again, as he has shown a penchant for doing.
This is something that has been out there ever since before he was drafted, when several pictures surfaced involving Stafford, a keg and a girl quickly identified as Georgia cheerleader and Stafford’s girlfriend, Kelly Hall.
But is this something to chastise the man for? Are you kidding me? Stafford isn’t violating the league’s substance abuse policy with beer. He’s not even driving drunk afterwards.
He’s not blowing off steam by getting into fights at strip clubs or illegally concealing weapons (and then shooting himself in the leg with them) or running dogfighting rings.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Judge overturns ban on sexually suggestive billboards
July 26, 2011 at 7:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLast Updated: July 26. 2011 5:42PM
Judge overturns ban on sexually suggestive billboards
Robert Snell/ The Detroit News
Detroit— A federal judge today said the state’s ban on sexually suggestive ads is unconstitutional and blocked enforcement of a controversial law aimed at topless bars.
U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara said the law is overly broad and does not advance the state’s goal of protecting minors.
The Penthouse Club topless bar on Eight Mile in northwest Detroit sued Gov. Rick Snyder in April, challenging the constitutionality of a state law that took effect this spring.
“It’s no surprise. The law is so poorly written,” club lawyer Timothy Murphy said. “It’s indefensible. All the state is doing is spending tax dollars defending it. They’ll have to rewrite the law.”
A Snyder spokeswoman said the governor’s office is consulting with the state attorney general to determine what to do next.
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