Vegas does bring the drama to the courtroom. This time, it involves everyone's favorite Vegas residents: strippers!The RJ reports:
. . . attorney Neil Beller, on behalf of club owner and porn king Harry Mohney, filed a lawsuit in District Court alleging a string of [strip club] rivals have conspired with cabdrivers to divert customers from the Little Darlings and Déjá vu Showgirls . . .
In addition to tipping drivers for delivering customers, some savvy club operators have taken to giving drivers free-drink coupons as deal sweeteners for passengers. Other drivers have worked deals with club managers to charge customers less at the door in order to close a deal, adult industry sources say. . .
Customers were being encouraged by cabdrivers to go elsewhere. "Nobody goes there," one driver said. The dancers were "old hogs" and "chicks with bullet wounds." Another driver told the undercover investigator that Little Darlings was "a dump." "You'll have a much better time (at Treasures)." And "Treasures and Sheri's are much higher-class joints."
In all, a dozen topless clubs are named as defendants in the civil complaint, which alleges intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, negligent interference, negligence and conspiracy, and seeks injunctive relief. Beller added a twist to his legal strategy when he filed a voluminous complaint with the state Taxicab Authority against 11 local cab companies, alleging a general conspiracy among the drivers to divert customers from Déjá vu Showgirls and Little Darlings. That complaint asserts the taxicab companies "are liable for the actions of its agents and employees."
Sounds like a fun case for Mr. Beller, especially if he gets to have client meetings during happy hour at the strip club.
Amusingly enough, the clubs did not list defamation as a cause of action. Must be because they know an old legal axiom that says something truth being a defense to slander..
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