Detroit Strip Clubs: Judge Declares Mistrial in Sam Riddle Corruption Case
February 18, 2010 at 12:36 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsSt. John and his partner, Joe Hall, were trying to get a topless bar license transferred to a club on Congress in Detroit. Riddle told them he could have Conyers’ vote for $25,000, St. John testified.
“I was a little shocked and definitely concerned,” St. John said. “I interpreted it as bribery. I thought: ‘Are they trying to set me up?’ “
Hall testified this morning that he was also fearful that Riddle was trying to entrap them.
“Here’s a guy asking me for $25,000 and he’s wearing a gravy-stained tracksuit,” Hall said. “It was like something out of a bad movie.”
St. John testified that he, Hall and local consultant Chris Jackson, who was assisting Déjà vu, sent Riddle away from the table.
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The following week, Detroit City Council voted 5-4 against the topless bar license transfer.
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