New developments in HENRY vs. RIZZOLO

LAS VEGAS - It was a racketeer's dream come true. Owning a rare 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 Bi-Turbo, the most powerful series-produced roadster in the world (watch a spectacular burnout). With its 604 horsepower and 738 lbs.ft./torque twelve-cylinder twin-turbocharged hand-built motor, Rick Rizzolo could go zero to sixty in just under 4 seconds. The perfect getaway car.

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But on the evening of August 4, 2011, while Rick was dining with friends at Piero's across from the Las Vegas Convention Center, a tow truck accompanied by Las Vegas Constables entered the restaurant's parking lot to hook up the black beauty and tow it away. Several weeks later, the car was sold at auction for only $30,000 to an undisclosed buyer and the money was transferred to a trust account for beating victim Kirk Henry; a pittance compared to the $10 million plus interest Rizzolo in 2005 plea bargained to pay Henry in exchange for a shortened prison sentence. On September 14, 2011, Rick Rizzolo returned to federal prison to serve an additional nine months for violating the terms of his parole by not reporting the sale of his interest in the Philadelphia Crazy Horse Too strip club for $3 million dollars including $1,052,996.03 which was secretly transferred to his late father Bart and now being hidden by Bart's widow Kimtran Rizzolo. Rick was required to report all his transactions in excess of $500.00. More...