Crazy Horse Too
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- For other uses, please see Crazy Horse (disambiguation).
Crazy Horse Too is a strip club located in Las Vegas about a block west of the Las Vegas Strip. The club is owned by Rick Rizzolo, and was patterned after the original Crazy Horse Saloon club on Paradise road, which was owned by Jack Galardi (father of Mike Galardi, who opened the Cheetah's club).
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[edit] Background
Before becoming mayor, Oscar Goodman was one of Rizzolo's lawyers.
From 1984 until 2006, Rick Rizzolo was involved in an ongoing dispute over parking with Buffalo Jim Barrier, a well-known Las Vegas personality and a commercial tenant of Mr. Rizzolo. According to numerous newspaper and television reports, for twenty-two years Mr. Rizzolo engaged in an unsuccessful pattern of harassment in attempts to drive Buffalo Jim and his automotive repair business off the Crazy Horse Too property in order to expand the club.[1]
On February 20, 2003, 80 agents from the FBI, DEA and IRS, removed files, video surveillance equipment, computers, cash registers, and other materials as part of a criminal investigation. One of the items being investigated was the $20,000 monthly consulting fee from the Crazy Horse Too bar in Chicago being paid to Rizzo. The investigation reportedly was under way for 10 years. As part of the investigation George Clooney, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci have been interviewed. Locally this investigation became known as the G-Sting. The case wound up in 2006 when 17 defendants pleaded guilty to various offenses. As a part of the plea bargin Rizzolo will have to sell the Crazy Horse within one year.
On January 19, 2005, Robert D'Apice was arrested for alleged activities he participated in at the club including federal racketeering charges, assault from a 2001 incident, aided and abetted in prostitution or illegal sexual activity and distribution of narcotics.
On September 6, 2006, the Crazy Horse lost its liquor license following Rick Rizzolo's guilty plea for tax evasion[2]. The Crazy Horse closed on September 7. Another local business owner is expected to apply for a new license, with the hearing scheduled for early October.[2]
