Rizzolo lies to the court - And a judge’s hollow words

An ORDER was posted on the United States Federal Court website at noon on Thursday, February 25, 2010. It may be an indication that the end is near for Rick and Lisa Rizzolo who, for the past nine years, have been abusing the legal system in order to dodge their obligations to pay beating victim Kirk Henry and the IRS over $17 million dollars in court ordered restitution, taxes, fines, and liens.

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Rizzolo lies to the court - And a judge's hollow words

"Sorry teacher. My dog ate my homework." - Frederick Rizzolo, age 12 "Sorry Judge Foley. My financial records were seized by the government; or accidentally shredded; or destroyed in a flood at my lawyer's office." - Rick Rizzolo, age 51 LAS VEGAS - Attorneys for unpaid beating victim Kirk Henry have until March 31, 2010 to complete their discovery in a drawn out, politically charged, personal injury lawsuit against former Crazy Horse Too strip club owner and convicted racketeer Rick Rizzolo. Henry was rendered a quadriplegic in 2001 by a Crazy Horse manager after he disputed a padded $88 bar tab. His beating inspired a civil lawsuit and FBI investigation that led in 2006 to the conviction of Rizzolo and fifteen of his employees. However, since his release from prison on April 4, 2008, Rizzolo has not yet paid one penny of over $17 million dollars in fines, restitution, and taxes he agreed to pay in exchange for a feather light prison sentence. Weeks prior to beginning his plea negotiations, and in anticipation of litigation and possible seizure, he divorced his wife and set up off shore accounts in her name. Because of a lack of cooperation from Rizzolo and his legal team, attorneys Don Campbell and Stan Hunterton who represent Henry have filed three Motions to Compel to try to get the United States Federal Court to force Rizzolo to produce his financial records from the time of his conviction in 2006 up to the present day. On February 16, 2010, Rizzolo's attorney filed a 9 page OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S RENEWED MOTION TO COMPEL that included two ridiculous excuses as to why his client cannot produce financial documents he was three times ordered to produce. The fist excuse (below) states that "the government" seized all Rizzolo's documents from 2006 - 2008. The second excuse was that "some copies" of the documents were in the possession of Rizzolo's attorneys Dean Patti and Tony Sgro. Both events purportedly occurring "outside the control of Mr. Rizzolo." The court needs to be made aware that a massive shredding occurred on the morning of April 3, 2007 at Rizzolo's office behind the Crazy Horse Too at 2486 Industrial Road (see photos below). INSIDE VEGAS reported the shredding on April 16, 2007 in an exclusive AmericanMafia.com column entitled "Rizzolo ducks deposition to avoid questions about straw man while tons of documents get shredded." The publication date of the AmericanMafia.com column and its associated photos put a time stamp on when Rizzolo destroyed the majority of his personal and business records. The rest of those records were purportedly destroyed in a "flood" on the second floor of Patti & Sgro's downtown law office. More...