U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden is back on the case and the Government says Rizzolo should be required to begin making restitution payments to Kirk Henry
LAS VEGAS - On April 21, 2010, the United States Department of Justice filed an
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT with the U.S. Federal Court in Las Vegas. The agreement indicates that the defunct Crazy Horse Too topless bar has been purchased by Christopher Condotti (below center), a trucking company owner from Chicago, for $10.5 million dollars pending approval by the Las Vegas City Council.
The bar's previous owner,
convicted racketeer Rick Rizzolo, is obligated to pay court ordered debts amounting to more than $17 million dollars including $9 million to
beating victim Kirk Henry, which Rizzolo erroneously claims must come totally from the sale of the bar.
Now,
Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada has stepped back into the case and will most likely destroy Rizzolo's argument that he's not personally responsible for his debts,  or that the government stepped into his shoes and accepted responsibility for paying Henry, the IRS, and others who Rizzolo stiffed.
It was Bogden who participated in Rizzolo's 2005 plea negotiations five years into Kirk Henry's personal injury law suit and three weeks after
Rick and Lisa Rizzolo's sham divorce. It was Bogden who prosecuted Rizzolo in 2006, and it was Bogden who got fired in the December 2006 dismissal of seven U.S. Attorneys by the George W. Bush administration's Department of Justice.
Bogden was replaced with interim appointees who seemed to favor Rizzolo. One of the appointees, Daniel Hollingsworth, even attempted to keep the public in the dark regarding the sale of the Crazy Horse Too. Three potential buyers Hollingsworth approved were later found to have ties to Rizzolo. Here is his amazing Motion that was rightfully Denied by U.S. Federal Judge Philip Pro:
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