Crazy Horse Too

{{Short description|Former strip club in Las Vegas, Nevada}}

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  • Billy Jo's (until 1978)
  • Billy Jo's Crazy Horse Too (1978–1981)
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| address = 2476 Industrial Road

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| opened_date = 1970s

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Crazy Horse Too was a strip club located at 2476 Industrial Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, a few blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip. The club was known as Billy Jo's during the 1970s. In 1978, the club was purchased by Mob member Tony Albanese and renamed Billy Jo's Crazy Horse Too, after the Crazy Horse Saloon, another Las Vegas strip club owned by Albanese. In 1984, Rick Rizzolo took over operations of the club when it was purchased by his father, Bart Rizzolo. Rick Rizzolo was a majority owner by 1986.

In 1995, federal officials began an investigation of activities at Crazy Horse Too. The club endured a history of violent crimes, including the alleged beating of a tourist in 2001. In 2003, Crazy Horse Too was searched by multiple government officials who were investigating possible links between the club and organized crime. As part of a plea bargain, Rick Rizzolo and 16 club officials pleaded guilty to multiple charges in May and June 2006; Rizzolo was ordered to sell the club within a year as part of the deal. Crazy Horse Too subsequently closed in September 2006, after its liquor license was revoked. The club reopened with a temporary liquor license in October 2006.

Rizzolo's attempts to sell Crazy Horse Too failed, and the club was closed again in August 2007, when it was seized by the United States Marshals Service. After multiple failed attempts to sell Crazy Horse Too, the federal government auctioned the club in 2011. California strip club owner Mike Galam reopened the club in May 2013, as The Horse Gentlemen's Club; another Las Vegas strip club, Crazy Horse III, alleged that "Crazy Horse Too" was a trademark infringement. The Horse reverted to its previous name in February 2014, after a judge ruled that Galam had purchased the rights to the name.

Crazy Horse Too closed in August 2014, because of poor customer attendance and liquor license violations. The club continued to open once a month for eight hours to retain its erotic dance establishment license and land use rights. However, the license was revoked in August 2019, as the building had fallen into disrepair and was the target of vagrant break-ins. The building was heavily damaged in a June 2022 fire, and was demolished at the end of the year.

Background

=Early history (1972–2000)=

Crazy Horse Too operated in a strip mall, constructed in 1972,{{cite web|url=http://sandgate.co.clark.nv.us/assrrealprop/ParcelDetail.aspx?hdnParcel=16204407001&hdnInstance=pcl7|title=Real Property Parcel Record|publisher=Clark County Assessor's Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521183325/http://sandgate.co.clark.nv.us/assrrealprop/ParcelDetail.aspx?hdnParcel=16204407001&hdnInstance=pcl7|archive-date=May 21, 2016|access-date=May 23, 2016}} on Industrial Road, directly north of an overpass used for West Sahara Avenue. By 1978, a popular discothèque named Billy Jo's, which included strippers, had been operating in the strip mall. Tony Albanese, a member of the Mob, purchased Billy Jo's that year after its owner died of health complications. Albanese had already opened a strip club named Crazy Horse Saloon at the intersection of Paradise Road and Flamingo Road, and chose to rename his new club as Billy Jo's Crazy Horse Too. Henry Rapuano took over operations of the club in 1981, after Albanese's severed head was found in the desert in Needles, California.

Rapuano renamed the club simply as Crazy Horse Too. Rapuano died of a sudden heart attack in 1982. Frederick "Rick" Rizzolo – a close associate of Henry Rapuano's son, Al Rapuano – took over operations on February 1, 1984;{{cite web|url=http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/may/14/the-rise-and-fall-of-crazy-horse-too/|title=The Rise and Fall of Crazy Horse Too|last=Longobardy|first=Joshua|date=May 14, 2007|work=Las Vegas Weekly|access-date=May 25, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611065420/http://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/may/14/the-rise-and-fall-of-crazy-horse-too/|archivedate=June 11, 2016}} Rick Rizzolo's father, Bart Rizzolo, purchased the club that month.{{cite web|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2006/may/21/rizzolos-ride-from-the-heights-to-the-depths/|title=Rizzolo's ride: From the heights to the depths|last1=German|first1=Jeff|last2=Kanigher|first2=Steve|date=May 21, 2006|work=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=May 25, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522130036/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2006/may/21/rizzolos-ride-from-the-heights-to-the-depths/|archivedate=May 22, 2016}} The club at that time contained {{convert|1200|sqft|abbr=on}} and had 12 strippers employed. In 1985, a man named Rick Sandlin suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten outside the club with a baseball bat by Rick Rizzolo, who claimed he was defending himself. Rizzolo, represented by criminal defense attorney Oscar Goodman, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge and avoided jail time. By 1986, Rizzolo was the club's majority owner.

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 Rizzolo. According to numerous newspaper and television reports, for 22 years 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 so the club could expand.{{cite web |url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/May-08-Mon-2000/news/13515949.html|title=Hands Off |last=Zapler|first=Mike|date=May 8, 2000 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021115040308/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/May-08-Mon-2000/news/13515949.html|archive-date=November 15, 2002}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.americanmafia.com/inside_vegas/1-13-03_Inside_Vegas.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202112350/http://www.americanmafia.com/Inside_Vegas/1-13-03_Inside_Vegas.html |url-status=dead |title=Rick Porrello's – AmericanMafia.com – Steve Miller – Inside Vegas|archivedate=February 2, 2007|website=www.americanmafia.com}}

In 1991, future pornographic film actress Jenna Jameson began working at the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Sep-08-Wed-2004/news/24719744.html|title=Porn star's book walks wild side|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=September 8, 2004|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050109093922/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Sep-08-Wed-2004/news/24719744.html|archive-date=January 9, 2005}} In 1998, Rizzolo invested $800,000 in a {{convert|6000|sqft|abbr=on}} expansion of the club. The club was expanded into a closed adjacent adult novelty store named L.A. Hot. The expansion brought the club up to approximately {{convert|26000|sqft|abbr=on}}, and served as a new dressing room for the club's 600 workers. Rizzolo planned to eventually convert the former dressing room – which served as office space – into a new entertainment area with a bar and stage. Rizzolo learned during construction that he needed a variance for his expansion, as a zoning ordinance prohibited strip clubs from expanding if they were located within 1,000 feet of other sexually oriented businesses. Rizzolo chose to continue construction, as he believed he would be approved for a variance; he said he would likely sue if he was denied.

In January 1999, the expansion was approved by the city's Board of Zoning Adjustments. However, the vote was appealed by a nearby resident and a business, with claims that the expansion would increase traffic and cause parking problems. Another complaint was that hundreds of local children would be exposed to an increased number of drug dealers and drug seekers who would visit the expanded club. City planners allowed Rizzolo to use his expansion pending the outcome of a vote by the City Council,{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Feb-02-Tue-1999/news/10529753.html|title=Strip club pursues expansion approval|last=Zapler|first=Mike|date=February 2, 1999|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010510014923/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Feb-02-Tue-1999/news/10529753.html|archive-date=May 10, 2001}} which approved Rizzolo's request for a variance in February 1999.{{cite web|url=http://lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Feb-09-Tue-1999/news/10575178.html|title=Council OKs strip club expansion|last=Zapler|first=Mike|date=February 9, 1999|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011231913/http://lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Feb-09-Tue-1999/news/10575178.html|archive-date=October 11, 2000}} In October 2000, Crazy Horse Too filed a lawsuit against MGM Grand Las Vegas, seeking an injunction to prevent the resort from using the Crazy Horse name for their debut of a topless show titled Crazy Horse Paris. Crazy Horse Too also sought $10,000 in damages.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-27-Fri-2000/news/14679906.html|title=Crazy Horse Too seeks to draw counterpart's reins|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=October 27, 2000|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021104104020/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-27-Fri-2000/news/14679906.html|archive-date=November 4, 2002}}

=Criminal investigations (2001–2006)=

On October 2, 2001,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-01-Wed-2003/news/22276794.html|title=Crazy Horse Too: Rizzolo sues police over search of club|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=October 1, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040814042022/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-01-Wed-2003/news/22276794.html|archive-date=August 14, 2004}} a lawsuit was filed against the club by Kirk Henry, a tourist from Kansas City, Kansas, who suffered a broken neck after visiting the club on September 20, 2001. Henry alleged that he was beaten up in the club's parking lot after a dispute involving an $80 tab at the club's bar. Representatives of the club contend that Henry was heavily drunk and fell in the parking lot, breaking his own neck.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Dec-01-Wed-2004/news/25381009.html|title=Tough guy Bobby D'Apice may be in for fight of his life|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=December 1, 2004|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050101103930/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Dec-01-Wed-2004/news/25381009.html|archive-date=January 1, 2005}} The lawsuit allowed authorities to pursue a criminal RICO investigation of the club.

On October 4, 2001, police utilized search warrants to search the club and confiscate business records, although the club was allowed to remain open during the search. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was investigating the case as of April 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2002/Apr-28-Sun-2002/news/18621104.html|title=Rizzolo's reputation might be hurt by company he keeps|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=April 28, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030414022010/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2002/Apr-28-Sun-2002/news/18621104.html|archive-date=April 14, 2003}} Nearly a year after the incident, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) interviewed Henry, who identified Bobby D'Apice, a shift manager at the club, as the man who allegedly attacked him.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Dec-22-Sun-2002/news/20329815.html|title='Nightmare' at strip club haunts man|last=Kalil|first=J.M.|date=December 22, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123105903/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Dec-22-Sun-2002/news/20329815.html|archive-date=November 23, 2005}} The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department launched a criminal investigation in October 2002. By the end of the month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was now leading the investigation.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-27-Sun-2002/news/19930243.html|title=Topless club proprietor staying cool under heat of criminal inquiry |last=Smith|first=John L.|date=October 27, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051130185937/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-27-Sun-2002/news/19930243.html|archive-date=November 30, 2005}}

As part of the investigation, Rick Rizzolo was questioned about his relationships with various crime figures.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-03-Sun-2002/news/19977432.html|title=Crazy Horse Too owner may wish criminal investigation was less civil|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=November 3, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929204625/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-03-Sun-2002/news/19977432.html|archive-date=September 29, 2005}} Henry's lawyers alleged that many of Crazy Horse Too's employees had extensive criminal records for various offenses.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-08-Fri-2002/news/20019775.html|title=Lawyers for plaintiff pull no punches in Crazy Horse Too affidavits|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=November 8, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051213022037/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-08-Fri-2002/news/20019775.html|archive-date=December 13, 2005}} In November 2002, police detectives declined to turn over documents from their investigation, saying, "Premature disclosure of this information would prejudice the criminal investigation and endanger the safety of possible witnesses." Police officials and the FBI expected the investigation to continue at least another six months.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-17-Sun-2002/news/20079787.html|title=Law enforcement open about keeping Crazy Horse Too documents closed|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=November 17, 2002|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050412010333/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Nov-17-Sun-2002/news/20079787.html|archive-date=April 12, 2005}}

==Raid==

On February 20, 2003, around 5:00 a.m., the club was raided by approximately 80 to 100 law enforcement officers, some of them armed with rifles. The group included agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, as well as two SWAT teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-23-Sun-2003/news/20743157.html|title=Rizzolo's associations with reputed mobsters catching up with him|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=February 23, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121113622/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-23-Sun-2003/news/20743157.html|archive-date=January 21, 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-21-Fri-2003/news/20727548.html|title=Illegal drugs hardly high on list of goals for Crazy Horse raid|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=February 21, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050127173047/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-21-Fri-2003/news/20727548.html|archive-date=January 27, 2005}} Crazy Horse Too's attorney, Tony Sgro, said, "They handled (Thursday's) search with the scope and intensity that would be expected if they had located a terrorist cell within the club." Sgro also said, "It was like they found somebody in the al-Qaida network in there. That's how many agents were in there." Sgro criticized the search warrant, as he believed that it contained vague and generic wording. Sgro noted the presence of the news media as the raid began, and called it "nothing short of a publicity stunt." The raid, which lasted 11 hours, was conducted as part of an investigation to determine possible links between the club and organized crime. The investigation had been ongoing for at least 15 months. Officers seized a variety of records – a total of 170 items – that dated back to 1995. The search ended around 4:00 p.m., and the club reopened later that night.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-21-Fri-2003/news/20737954.html|title=Organized Crime Investigation: Raid looks for mobster link|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=February 21, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205224448/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-21-Fri-2003/news/20737954.html|archive-date=December 5, 2004}} The only drugs found on the premises was a marijuana cigarette in a stripper's locker.

On February 21, 2003, Sgro filed a motion in U.S. District Court, seeking the return of certain items seized during the raid: "The club is making a request for the return of only a tiny fraction of the truckloads of equipment, furniture and records taken from the club. These items are basic to the running of the business and are required immediately." The items included nine cash registers, valued at over $10,000 each. Other requested items included computers and current financial documents needed for preparing 2002 tax returns. According to Bart Rizzolo, who had a 10 percent interest in the club, officers also seized all of the club's money in the raid, at least $250,000. Sgro said the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure was violated during the raid, claiming that a Crazy Horse Too representative was not allowed to observe the search: "It cannot be determined, with any accuracy, what was actually taken by officers or what might have been left behind." Rick Rizzolo, who denied any involvement in criminal activity, said his club made more than $10 million a year: "It makes so much money, I wouldn't do something stupid to jeopardize it." Rick Rizzolo also planned to sue the federal government for money lost during the hours of the raid, estimated to be between $40,000 and $60,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-22-Sat-2003/news/20745515.html|title=Club owner calls raid unwarranted|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=February 22, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050131234210/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-22-Sat-2003/news/20745515.html|archive-date=January 31, 2005}}

One of the items under investigation was the $20,000 monthly consulting fee from the Crazy Horse Too bar in Chicago that was being paid to Rizzolo. Actors Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were interviewed as part of the investigation, as well as George Clooney,{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} who was a longtime friend of Rick Rizzolo.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-09-Sun-2003/news/20837159.html|title=Clooney-Rizzolo friendliness raises eyebrows|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=March 9, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227104133/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-09-Sun-2003/news/20837159.html|archive-date=December 27, 2004}}

In late February 2003, employees alleged that they were held at gunpoint during the raid and were forced to provide videotaped statements in exchange for their release from the club. In March 2003, a judge ordered for the return of all items seized during the raid. Rick Rizzolo said business had improved at the club as a result of publicity from the raid.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-07-Fri-2003/news/20834291.html|title=Rizzolo smiling after court ruling|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=March 7, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122030344/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-07-Fri-2003/news/20834291.html|archive-date=January 22, 2005}} As of March 2003, Crazy Horse Too had approximately 100 employees and more than 5,700 strippers.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-01-Sat-2003/news/20791156.html|title=Club staff alleges being held for hours at gunpoint|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=March 1, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124234755/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-01-Sat-2003/news/20791156.html|archive-date=January 24, 2005}} Talks about a possible plea bargain began a few months after the raid.

==Further developments==

In October 2003, Rick Rizzolo filed a lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and several of its officers for their search of the club in October 2001. Rizzolo alleged that the officers persuaded a judge to issue the search warrant by using false information and omitting facts, saying that "there was not in fact probable cause to search the club." That same month, Sgro revealed that Rick Rizzolo had been informed recently that federal authorities had wiretapped Rizzolo's phones and had been intercepting his phone conversations as early as 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-11-Sat-2003/news/22348939.html|title=Rizzolo intercepted via wiretaps, lawyer says|last=Puit|first=Glenn|date=October 11, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227042620/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-11-Sat-2003/news/22348939.html|archive-date=December 27, 2004}} At the end of the month, a man suffered multiple gunshot wounds after arguing with another person in the club's parking lot. The shooter, unaffiliated with the club, was not found.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-31-Fri-2003/news/22489186.html|title=32-year-old man shot in strip club parking lot|date=October 31, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307151027/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-31-Fri-2003/news/22489186.html|archive-date=March 7, 2005}} In November 2003, the Las Vegas Review-Journal noted that the club's violent crimes tend to occur in its parking lot. From 2001 through 2003, officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department had been called out to the club more than 700 times.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Nov-02-Sun-2003/news/22493444.html|title=Those crazy troublemakers keep trying to give topless cabaret bad name|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=November 2, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226020644/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Nov-02-Sun-2003/news/22493444.html|archive-date=December 26, 2004}}

In November 2004, D'Apice's home was searched by FBI and IRS agents as part of their investigation into the club. On January 19, 2005, D'Apice was arrested for [https://web.archive.org/web/20060618033624/http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nv/home/pressrelease/january2005/dapice011905.htm alleged activities] he participated in at the club including federal racketeering charges, assault from a 2001 crime, aided and abetted in prostitution or illegal sexual activity, and distribution of narcotics.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-20-Thu-2005/news/25700796.html|title=Federal Investigation: Club manager arrested|last=Puit|first=Glenn|date=January 20, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122024037/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-20-Thu-2005/news/25700796.html|archive-date=January 22, 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/news/25707341.html|title=Indictment pulls at thread that might unravel more than fancy suit|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=January 21, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051208014236/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/news/25707341.html|archive-date=December 8, 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-22-Sat-2005/news/25714731.html|title=Crazy Horse Too: Strip club manager exits jail|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=January 22, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427001427/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-22-Sat-2005/news/25714731.html|archive-date=April 27, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-23-Sun-2005/news/25708954.html|title=Week in Review: FBI arrests club manager|date=January 23, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050310080539/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-23-Sun-2005/news/25708954.html|archive-date=March 10, 2005}} It was the first arrest in the ongoing investigation. D'Apice had worked at the club for approximately a decade. It was also revealed that federal officials had been investigating the club since August 1995. D'Apice and a cocktail waitress were also charged with making false statements to a federal grand jury in January 2003 and August 2002 respectively, regarding Henry's incident at the club in September 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/news/25707901.html|title=Club manager, pregnant wife remain in jail|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=January 21, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427042427/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-21-Fri-2005/news/25707901.html|archive-date=April 27, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-20-Thu-2005/news/25700976.html|title=Prosecutors: Pair gave false testimony|date=January 20, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050415022135/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-20-Thu-2005/news/25700976.html|archive-date=April 15, 2005}}

In March 2005, Rizzolo's lawyers anticipated an indictment would be made soon.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-18-Fri-2005/news/26100600.html|title=Attorneys for Crazy Horse Too boss see indictment coming soon|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=March 18, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124094040/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-18-Fri-2005/news/26100600.html|archive-date=November 24, 2005}}

In January 2006, Luke Brugnara planned to purchase the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-27-Fri-2006/news/5568358.html|title=Brash real estate maven arrives for next chapter in Crazy Horse Too saga|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=January 27, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907221822/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-27-Fri-2006/news/5568358.html|archive-date=September 7, 2006}} In April 2006, talks increased regarding a group plea deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-30-Sun-2006/news/7119578.html|title=Strip club deal near|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=April 30, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518114457/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-30-Sun-2006/news/7119578.html|archive-date=May 18, 2006}} In May 2006, 16 people involved with the club pleaded guilty as part of the group plea deal. The plea agreements revealed that strippers at Crazy Horse Too were required to pay 15 percent of their earnings to certain employees at the club. The agreements also revealed that management and other employees at the club had agreed to underreport financial income at the end of each shift, from 2000 to 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-01-Thu-2006/news/7718031.html|title=16 admit guilt in Crazy Horse case|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=June 1, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615172309/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-01-Thu-2006/news/7718031.html|archive-date=June 15, 2006}}

On June 1, 2006, Rick Rizzolo pleaded guilty as part of the group plea deal, in which Rizzolo agreed to sell Crazy Horse Too within 12 months.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-02-Fri-2006/news/7739649.html|title=Rizzolo enters guilty plea|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=June 2, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615172322/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-02-Fri-2006/news/7739649.html|archive-date=June 15, 2006}} It had been reported that Rizzolo was in talks with potential buyers, including one who was willing to pay $36 million for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-02-Fri-2006/news/7741632.html|title=Group settlement leaves some Crazy Horse Too defendants unhappy|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=June 2, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906181134/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-02-Fri-2006/news/7741632.html|archive-date=September 6, 2008}} Rizzolo was required to pay $17 million in fines, including $4.2 million to the federal government and $1.7 million to the IRS.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-07-Fri-2006/news/8368612.html|title=Topless club under scrutiny|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=July 7, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006071311/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-07-Fri-2006/news/8368612.html|archive-date=October 6, 2008}} The deal also required Rizzolo to pay $10 million to Henry,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-18-Thu-2006/news/7475816.html|title=Rizzolo's signature is on plea deal|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=May 18, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206114125/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-18-Thu-2006/news/7475816.html|archive-date=December 6, 2007}} after the sale of the club. As part of the deal, prosecutors agreed not to press criminal charges against Rizzolo's sister, Annette Patterson; his brother, Ralph; or his father, Bart, all of whom had been employed or involved at the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-02-Sun-2006/news/6662896.html|title=Unlike Galardi, Crazy Horse Too owner seems disinclined to cut deal|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=April 2, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060406152944/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-02-Sun-2006/news/6662896.html|archive-date=April 6, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-20-Sat-2006/news/7517047.html|title=17th defendant accepts plea|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=May 20, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206112951/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-20-Sat-2006/news/7517047.html|archive-date=December 6, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-24-Tue-2005/news/26581817.html|title=Rizzolo in a world of hurt|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=May 24, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124095015/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/May-24-Tue-2005/news/26581817.html|archive-date=November 24, 2005}} The investigation, which generated more than 8,000 hours of wiretapped conversations, focused on allegations of money laundering, prostitution, tax evasion, and violence.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-07-Sun-2006/news/7258133.html|title=Government offers Rizzolo a sweet deal he shouldn't refuse|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=May 7, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518120624/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/May-07-Sun-2006/news/7258133.html|archive-date=May 18, 2006}}

In July 2006, the Las Vegas City Council voted to hold a hearing in September to discuss penalties for Crazy Horse Too following the guilty pleas from club officials.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-13-Thu-2006/news/8464464.html|title=Crazy Horse Too: City sets hearing for club|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=July 13, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715232855/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-13-Thu-2006/news/8464464.html|archive-date=July 15, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-14-Fri-2006/news/8487862.html|title=Mayor defends club's owners|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=July 14, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017113719/http://reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-14-Fri-2006/news/8487862.html|archive-date=October 17, 2007}} On September 6, 2006, the City Council voted to revoke the club's liquor license and to impose a fine of nearly $2.2 million, as council members were concerned that some of the people who had pleaded guilty earlier that year were still operating the club.{{cite web |url=http://www5.lasvegasnevada.gov/sirepub/pubmtgframe.aspx?meetid=45&doctype=Summary |title=CITY COUNCIL AGENDA |accessdate=2006-09-22 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005181245/http://www5.lasvegasnevada.gov/sirepub/pubmtgframe.aspx?meetid=45&doctype=Summary |archivedate=2006-10-05 }} Deputy City Attorney Bill Henry said that Rizzolo "ran the Crazy Horse Too like Tony Soprano runs the Bada Bing."{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-07-Thu-2006/news/9499085.html|title=Gentlemen's Club: Liquor license lost|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=September 7, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225095211/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-07-Thu-2006/news/9499085.html|archive-date=February 25, 2007}}

Crazy Horse Too stopped serving alcoholic beverages on September 7, 2006, after city officials and police served an order revoking the club's liquor license. However, the club resumed sales of alcohol later that night, after Sgro determined that "the way the city served the order was invalid". Sgro filed a complaint to halt the city's order, claiming that potential buyers would not be interested in purchasing the club if were operating without a liquor license.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-08-Fri-2006/news/9530597.html|title=Crazy Horse Too: Strip club defies city|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=September 8, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403100342/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-08-Fri-2006/news/9530597.html|archive-date=April 3, 2008}}

=Closures and reopenings (2006–2019)=

Crazy Horse Too closed on the afternoon of September 8, 2006, after a temporary restraining order against the city's decision was denied. While Sgro believed that Crazy Horse Too still had the right to serve alcohol, Rizzolo chose cautiously to have the club closed until a judge issued his decision.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-09-Sat-2006/news/9547776.html|title=Strip Club: Curtain falls on Crazy Horse Too|last=Thevenot|first=Carri Geer|date=September 9, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031074324/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-09-Sat-2006/news/9547776.html|archive-date=October 31, 2007}} Sgro alleged that the city's "true intent" was to seize the property for a widening expansion of Industrial Road. On September 12, 2006, the judge upheld the city's decision to revoke the club's liquor license. Stuart Cadwell, a strip club owner and operator, had agreed in the previous week to purchase the club for $45 million. Although the deal was in escrow, Cadwell said the lack of a liquor license would probably nullify the deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-13-Wed-2006/news/9623365.html|title=Liquor license loss upheld|last=Puit|first=Glenn|date=September 13, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519001920/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-13-Wed-2006/news/9623365.html|archive-date=May 19, 2007}}

On September 19, 2006, Michael Signorelli, who owned the nearby Golden Steer Steakhouse, applied for a temporary six-month liquor license at Crazy Horse Too. Signorelli would temporarily lease the club from Rizzolo, as Cadwell was still considered a potential buyer.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-22-Fri-2006/news/9803018.html|title=Strip club has new suitor|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=September 22, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021170801/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-22-Fri-2006/news/9803018.html|archive-date=October 21, 2006}} At the end of September 2006, an opponent of Crazy Horse Too opened a nearby church; because of a Las Vegas city code, businesses that serve alcohol were prohibited from operating within 1,500 feet of a church. The church's deacon denied that he was attempting to sabotage Signorelli's plans for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-30-Sat-2006/news/9960072.html|title='God Found Me': New hurdle for Crazy Horse Too|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=September 30, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206063620/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Sep-30-Sat-2006/news/9960072.html|archive-date=December 6, 2007}} Signorelli was considered a potential buyer of the club in early October 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-05-Thu-2006/news/10050471.html|title=Crazy Horse Too: Liquor license decision on hold|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=October 5, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519022405/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-05-Thu-2006/news/10050471.html|archive-date=May 19, 2008}} while a city attorney said the nearby church would not be able to prevent Crazy Horse Too from serving alcohol, saying the club would only become ineligible for a liquor license if it went six months without serving alcohol.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-04-Wed-2006/news/10035271.html|title=Church meets near strip club|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=October 4, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201155945/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-04-Wed-2006/news/10035271.html|archive-date=December 1, 2006}}

Crazy Horse Too reopened under new management on October 18, 2006, after Signorelli had been granted a temporary three-month liquor license earlier that day.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-19-Thu-2006/news/10315813.html|title=New Management: Crazy Horse Too back|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=October 19, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115112611/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-19-Thu-2006/news/10315813.html|archive-date=November 15, 2006}} Signorelli leased the club from Rizzolo for $400,000 a month.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-02-Thu-2006/news/10585299.html|title=Strip club operator accepts hiring ban|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=November 2, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103174512/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-02-Thu-2006/news/10585299.html|archive-date=January 3, 2007}} In January 2007, the city council extended Signorelli's temporary liquor license for another 90 days, despite various concerns, including Rizzolo's possible involvement with the club's operations. Despite lower lease payments as a result of poor business, Signorelli still planned to purchase the club, possibly for another use.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Jan-18-Thu-2007/news/12041568.html|title=Crazy Horse Too gets extension|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=January 18, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904174811/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Jan-18-Thu-2007/news/12041568.html|archive-date=September 4, 2007}}

Despite concerns,{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/7060327.html|title=City to determine club's fate|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=April 17, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420215901/http://www.lvrj.com/news/7060327.html|archive-date=April 20, 2007}} particularly from Las Vegas police,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/police-allege-rizzolo-links|title=Police allege Rizzolo links|date=April 19, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812083110/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/police-allege-rizzolo-links|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} the City Council approved Signorelli for a permanent liquor license in April 2007. The license came with 12 conditions, one being that Signorelli had to close escrow on the club by June 30, 2007, which was Rick Rizzolo's deadline for selling the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/city-council-oks-permanent-liquor-license-club|title=City Council OKs permanent liquor license for club|date=April 19, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812080429/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/city-council-oks-permanent-liquor-license-club|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}

Signorelli, who was considered a straw man, had until May 31, 2007, to deposit $38 million into escrow for the sale to close in time; Signorelli failed to do so. In early June 2007, Crazy Horse Too had four other potential buyers, while officials from the FBI, IRS, and U.S. attorney's office were preparing to take over the club and liquidate it.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/time-and-federal-patience-has-run-out-crazy-horse-too-owner|title=Time and federal patience has run out for Crazy Horse Too owner|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=June 3, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812080908/http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/time-and-federal-patience-has-run-out-crazy-horse-too-owner|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}

By late June 2007, Crazy Horse Too had at least two potential buyers: nightclub owner Tommy Karas, and Brugnara, both of whom were willing to pay over $30 million for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/strip-club-sale-stalled-investors-drop-bids|title=Strip club sale stalled as investors drop bids|date=June 30, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812082223/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/strip-club-sale-stalled-investors-drop-bids|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} Crazy Horse Too's liquor license was revoked on July 1, 2007, although the club remained open.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crazy-horse-too-runs-dry|title=Crazy Horse Too runs dry|date=July 2, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812081811/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crazy-horse-too-runs-dry|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/crazy-thing-about-crazy-horse-too-it-was-once-g-string-gold-mine|title=Crazy thing about Crazy Horse Too is that it was once a G-string gold mine|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=July 3, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 21, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812083434/http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/crazy-thing-about-crazy-horse-too-it-was-once-g-string-gold-mine|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} Later that month, Signorelli offered $31 million for the club, with $3 million in an escrow account. It was unclear why Signorelli missed the initial deadline. Signorelli also appealed the city's decision to revoke the club's liquor license.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/8351797.html|title=Club's operator has bid on table|last=McGrath Schwartz|first=David|date=July 6, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122114052/http://www.lvrj.com/news/8351797.html|archive-date=January 22, 2009}} Rizzolo declined Signorelli's offer, citing Signorelli's past failure to meet certain obligations.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/rizzolo-weighs-new-offer-club|title=Rizzolo weighs new offer for club|date=July 12, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812100842/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/rizzolo-weighs-new-offer-club|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/attorney-strip-club-offers-being-considered|title=Attorney: Strip club offers being considered|date=July 13, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812095404/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/attorney-strip-club-offers-being-considered|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} At that time, there were two potential buyers interested in purchasing the club.

In August 2007, Crazy Horse Too had several offers ranging from $31 million to $34 million, with Rick Rizzolo facing a deadline to sell the club by September 30, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/incarcerated-topless-bar-mogul-faces-deadline-sell-crazy-horse-too|title=Incarcerated topless bar mogul faces deadline to sell Crazy Horse Too|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=August 21, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812100548/http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/incarcerated-topless-bar-mogul-faces-deadline-sell-crazy-horse-too|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} At that time, the club's value was believed to have decreased significantly following Signorelli's management.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/feds-are-still-nosing-around-crazy-horse-too|title=Feds are still nosing around the Crazy Horse Too|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=August 24, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812093442/http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/feds-are-still-nosing-around-crazy-horse-too|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} In late August 2007, a retired NBA player was reportedly considering purchasing the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/norm-clarke/rumors-swirl-about-strip-clubs|title=Rumors swirl about strip clubs|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=August 25, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812101146/http://www.reviewjournal.com/norm-clarke/rumors-swirl-about-strip-clubs|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} The club closed later that month after it was seized by the United States Marshals Service.

==Prospective buyers==

In November 2007, an unnamed buyer planned to purchase the club for $31 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/11850436.html|title=Crazy Horse may sell for $31 million|last=Packer|first=Adrienne|date=November 27, 2007|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128045030/http://www.lvrj.com/news/11850436.html|archive-date=November 28, 2007}} In May 2008, David Dupont and Maheshkumar Patel, the principals of LCC Cafe Nevada, planned to purchase the closed club for $32 million. The men had approximately half of the money, and attempted to obtain a liquor license in hopes of securing the remaining funds necessary to purchase the club. The club had a deadline of June 30, 2008, after which it would no longer be eligible to offer topless dancing and alcohol because of current zoning codes.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/officials-upset-men-trying-buy-club|title=Officials upset with men trying to buy club|date=May 22, 2008|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812102143/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/officials-upset-men-trying-buy-club|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} In June 2008, Dupont and Patel's request for a liquor license was denied.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/city-council-denies-liquor-license-request-crazy-horse-too|title=City Council denies liquor license request for Crazy Horse Too|date=June 18, 2008|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812100310/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/city-council-denies-liquor-license-request-crazy-horse-too|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} Later that month, a federal prosecutor urged a judge to override the city's ordinance in order to maintain the club's estimated value of $32 million to $35 million, for the sake of Henry's compensation. Without the special permits, the club's value was expected to drop to between $8 million and $10 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/prosecutor-aims-keep-clubs-value|title=Prosecutor aims to keep club's value|last=Packer|first=Adrienne|date=June 24, 2008|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812100206/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/prosecutor-aims-keep-clubs-value|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} The judge chose not to extend the deadline.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judge-refuses-extend-deadline-club|title=Judge refuses to extend deadline for club|date=June 27, 2008|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522171410/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judge-refuses-extend-deadline-club|archive-date=May 22, 2016}}

In September 2009, Christopher Condotti and his Chicago company, CC Holdings, planned to purchase the club. That month, CC Holdings filed a lawsuit against a Las Vegas strip club operating under the name "Crazy Horse III Gentlemen's Club." Condotti claimed that the club infringed on the "Crazy Horse Too" trademark, with the lawsuit claiming that the other club "is confusingly similar in sight, sound and meaning" to the trademark. The lawsuit sought damages and an injunction against the club's owner.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/chicago-company-seeks-buy-club|title=Chicago company seeks to buy club|last=Edwards|first=John G.|date=September 26, 2009|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813171148/http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/chicago-company-seeks-buy-club|archivedate=August 13, 2016}}

In April 2010, Condotti filed a $10.5 million sales contract in federal court, with one condition being that the club receive all the necessary licenses – a liquor license, a sexually oriented business license, a tobacco license, and a retail sales license – by November 30, 2010. The club would also need a special-use zoning permit, which would require approval from the city council. Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman demanded that the city be paid the $2 million fine owed by the club since September 2006, before issuing any of the licenses. Condotti challenged the fine in court.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/goodman-crazy-horse-fines-must-be-paid-first|title=Goodman: Crazy Horse fines must be paid first|last=Choate|first=Alan|date=April 25, 2010|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812105522/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/goodman-crazy-horse-fines-must-be-paid-first|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} In December 2010, after failed sales attempts, a judge ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to sell the club "by any lawful means, including public auction," with a deadline of May 3, 2011. At that time, the club's value was estimated to be as low as $5 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/public-sale-looms-closed-crazy-horse-too-strip-club|title=Public sale looms for closed Crazy Horse Too strip club|last=German|first=Jeff|date=December 23, 2010|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812104042/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/public-sale-looms-closed-crazy-horse-too-strip-club|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}

In February 2011, the government scrapped its plans to sell the club and chose to let it enter foreclosure, after realizing that the property could not be sold for the amount of liens against it. The club, at that time, was only valued at $2 million to $3 million, due to a poor economy and the lack of liquor and adult entertainment licenses. A foreclosure sale was expected to take place by April 1, 2011. Rizzolo's lawyer, Dominic Gentile, accused the government of mismanaging the sale: "This is the worst case of bad faith that I've experienced in almost 40 years as a lawyer. The only reason it's worth what it is today is because of the government's deliberate, malignant conduct. This is really, truly outrageous. It won't surprise me if they did it on purpose."{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/feds-drop-effort-sell-closed-crazy-horse-too-strip-club|title=Feds drop effort to sell closed Crazy Horse Too strip club|last=German|first=Jeff|date=February 24, 2011|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522191120/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/feds-drop-effort-sell-closed-crazy-horse-too-strip-club|archivedate=May 22, 2016}}

On July 1, 2011, a public auction failed to turn out any potential bidders. As a result, Canico Capital Group, the owner of the property's first deed of trust, purchased the club for $3 million. Canico left open the possibility of persuading the city to reconsider its zoning laws, to allow for a strip club and bar to operate on the property again.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/los-angeles-group-buys-crazy-horse-too-3-million|title=Los Angeles group buys Crazy Horse Too for $3 million|last=German|first=Jeff|date=July 1, 2011|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812132537/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/los-angeles-group-buys-crazy-horse-too-3-million|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} Canico and city officials had been discussing the club's future for months as of May 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/topless-club-may-get-new-life|title=Topless club may get new life|last=German|first=Jeff|date=May 29, 2012|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812125828/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/crime-courts/topless-club-may-get-new-life|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} An attorney for Canico said that it was difficult to "imagine that such a funky little strip mall is the most talked about piece of real estate in Clark County."{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/another-chapter-begins-seedy-story-crazy-horse-too|title=Another chapter begins in seedy story of Crazy Horse Too|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=June 19, 2012|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628004155/http://www.reviewjournal.com/john-l-smith/another-chapter-begins-seedy-story-crazy-horse-too|archivedate=June 28, 2016}}

In June 2012, the city council approved a city ordinance that would allow Crazy Horse Too to reopen as a strip club and bar, allowing Canico to sell the property to a potential buyer at a higher value. The vote was approved with the belief that Canico would donate $1.4 million to the city, an amount of money similar to what Rick Rizzolo owed from his September 2006 fine.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/infamous-topless-club-may-get-new-life|title=Infamous topless club may get new life|last=Spillman|first=Benjamin|date=June 21, 2012|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812141834/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/infamous-topless-club-may-get-new-life|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} In July 2012, the city council voted against diverting $750,000 of the $1.4 million donation to Henry, who had only received $1 million of the $10 million he was owed following his injury at the club in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/city-council-rejects-diverting-money-crazy-horse-too-beating-victim|title=City Council rejects diverting money to Crazy Horse Too beating victim|last=Spillman|first=Benjamin|date=July 18, 2012|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812143515/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/government/city-council-rejects-diverting-money-crazy-horse-too-beating-victim|archivedate=August 12, 2016}}

==New ownership==

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In March 2013, California strip club owner Mike Galam purchased Crazy Horse Too as part of a $5 million, 59 percent stake in Canico.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/crazy-horse-toos-new-owner-try-scrub-away-its-sordid-past|title=Crazy Horse Too's new owner to try to scrub away its sordid past|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=March 31, 2013|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812152017/http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/crazy-horse-toos-new-owner-try-scrub-away-its-sordid-past|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} In early May 2013, Crazy Horse III filed a complaint against Galam, claiming that the club's use of the "Crazy Horse" name was a trademark infringement.{{Cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2013/may/04/weeks-it-reopens-crazy-horse-too-fending-lawsuit-f/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512205334/http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2013/may/04/weeks-it-reopens-crazy-horse-too-fending-lawsuit-f/ |url-status=dead |title=Weeks before it reopens, Crazy Horse Too fending off a lawsuit filed by ... Crazy Horse III – Las Vegas Sun Newspaper|first=John|last=Katsilometes|date=May 4, 2013|archivedate=May 12, 2013|website=lasvegassun.com}} The club was renamed as The Horse Gentlemen's Club. Crazy Horse Too's old sign was kept up, but covered with a new sign. Other potential names included "Crazy Mike's" and "The Two."

Nearly 60 strippers were hired for the club's grand reopening, which occurred on May 31, 2013. Galam hoped to have 200 to 250 strippers employed at The Horse within a couple months. A new $75,000 sound system was installed, as well as $30,000 worth of new lights, and 96 infrared cameras located inside and outside the club. Galam also had 26 air conditioners installed for $187,000. The building's copper wiring, which had been stolen by thieves during its long closure, was also replaced. Galam said the club would be free of violence.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/horse-strip-club-ready-open-minus-crazy|title='The Horse' strip club is ready to open, minus the 'Crazy'|last=Ragan|first=Tom|date=May 31, 2013|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812152119/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/horse-strip-club-ready-open-minus-crazy|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} Galam also planned a reality documentary television series about the club's reopening and its employees,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/tv-producers-ogle-strip-joint-reality-show|title=TV producers ogle strip joint as reality show|last=Ragan|first=Tom|date=August 18, 2013|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812154409/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/tv-producers-ogle-strip-joint-reality-show|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} although the series was not produced.

On February 11, 2014, a judge ruled that Galam had purchased the rights to the "Crazy Horse" name when he bought the club. The club reverted to its previous name on the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judge-says-las-vegas-strip-club-can-use-crazy-horse-too-name|title=Judge says Las Vegas strip club can use Crazy Horse Too name|last=German|first=Jeff|date=February 12, 2014|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628004342/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/judge-says-las-vegas-strip-club-can-use-crazy-horse-too-name|archivedate=June 28, 2016}} Five people were arrested for prostitution at the club on March 13, 2014. Under Galam's ownership, the club suffered a lack of business,{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/crazy-horse-too-operation-lacks-luster-yesteryears|title=Crazy Horse Too operation lacks luster of yesteryears|last=Smith|first=John L.|date=September 3, 2014|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812153320/http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/crazy-horse-too-operation-lacks-luster-yesteryears|archivedate=August 12, 2016}} and was criticized for an inadequate video surveillance system. Problems continued at Crazy Horse Too after the sudden death of Galam's longtime girlfriend in April 2014, as Galam subsequently became inattentive in managing the club. The club had been operating with a temporary liquor license, but had amassed between 18 and 27 violations. In June 2014, Craig Franze joined as part owner and a major remodeling of the club was completed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crazyhorselv.com/|title=Best Las Vegas Strip Club – Crazy Horse Too – The Original Gentlemen Club in Vegas|date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727214409/http://www.crazyhorselv.com/|archive-date=2014-07-27}}

In early August 2014, Galam was told by city officials that he would not be able to attain a permanent liquor license if he could not avoid future violations. At the advice of city officials and legal counsel, Galam withdrew his application for a permanent liquor license. Crazy Horse Too closed on August 23, 2014, after Galam's temporary liquor license expired. City officials also revoked the club's cabaret license, forcing the club's closure. Franze took over management of the closed property, along with Galam's father and sister: Victor Galam and Jackie Barnes.{{cite web|url=http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2014/sep/07/crazy-horse-too-closed-again-what-went-wrong/|title=Crazy Horse Too closed again: What went wrong?|last=Katsilometes|first=John|date=September 7, 2014|work=Las Vegas Sun|accessdate=May 23, 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523224824/http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2014/sep/07/crazy-horse-too-closed-again-what-went-wrong/|archivedate=May 23, 2016}}

The club continued to open once a month for eight hours to retain its erotic dance establishment license and land use rights, without serving alcohol. As of July 2019, the property had opened for eight hours under the name Sin City Teaser's Gentlemen's Club. By that time, the building was considered to be in disrepair and unsafe, with criminal activity frequently occurring on the property and requiring police assistance. Such activity included vagrant break-ins. In August 2019, the city council unanimously voted to revoke the erotic dance license as the club could not comply with municipal codes. The majority landowner and licensee wanted to remedy the issues, but progress was hampered by the other owners.{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Shea |title=Las Vegas may strip license from club in 'dangerous' building |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/las-vegas/las-vegas-may-strip-license-from-club-in-dangerous-building-1816774/ |accessdate=August 3, 2019 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=August 1, 2019}}{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Shea |title=Las Vegas OKs financing for 420-unit affordable housing complex |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/las-vegas/las-vegas-oks-financing-for-420-unit-affordable-housing-complex-1821495/ |accessdate=August 9, 2019 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=August 7, 2019}}

=Fires and demolition (2022)=

On the early morning of June 5, 2022, a fire broke out at the strip club and tore through the roof. The structure was heavily damaged,{{cite news |title=Las Vegas firefighters battle fire at former strip club |url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-firefighters-battle-fire-at-former-strip-club |access-date=June 9, 2022 |work=KSNV |date=June 5, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Moeller |first=Joe |title=Gentlemen's club to be torn down following heavy fire damage |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/aftermath-of-crazy-horse-too-fire/ |access-date=June 9, 2022 |work=KLAS |date=June 6, 2022}} and a second fire occurred at the rear of the building later that month.{{cite news |last=Kim |first=Kyndell |title=Vacant building once again burns in area of now burned out former Las Vegas strip club |url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/vacant-building-once-again-burns-in-area-of-now-burned-out-former-las-vegas-strip-club |access-date=July 19, 2022 |work=KSNV |date=June 25, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Puit |first=Glenn |title=Crazy Horse Too's days are numbered |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/crazy-horse-toos-days-are-numbered-2606361/ |access-date=July 19, 2022 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=July 12, 2022}} A closed diner, connected to the club via the strip mall, caught on fire in July 2022. The fires were believed to have been started by homeless people living within the buildings. The city announced that it would proceed with demolition of the club and adjoining buildings on its own, as the property owner failed to secure the site.{{cite news |last=White |first=Maddie |title=Former Las Vegas strip club building sees third fire in 5 weeks |url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/07/09/abandoned-site-ex-strip-club-sees-third-fire-five-weeks/ |access-date=July 19, 2022 |work=KVVU |date=July 9, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Emerson |first1=Elaine |last2=White |first2=Maddie |title=Crazy Horse Too strip club served demolition notice by Las Vegas officials after string of fires |url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/07/13/crazy-horse-too-strip-club-be-demolished-by-las-vegas-officials-after-string-fires/ |access-date=July 19, 2022 |work=KVVU |date=July 13, 2022}} The property owner ultimately hired a demolition crew, and the club was torn down in December 2022.{{cite news |title=Demolition underway for troubled Crazy Horse Too property in Las Vegas |url=https://news3lv.com/newsletter-daily/demolition-underway-for-troubled-crazy-horse-too-property-in-las-vegas |access-date=December 20, 2022 |work=KSNV |date=December 20, 2022}}{{cite news |last=Saha |first=Victoria |title=Legendary Las Vegas gentlemen's club demolished |url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/legendary-las-vegas-gentlemans-club-demolished/ |access-date=December 20, 2022 |work=KLAS |date=December 19, 2022}}

Other lawsuits

=Scott Fau (1995)=

In August 1995, an interstate truck driver named Scott Fau got into a fight with four bouncers at the club. The fight was taken outside and continued in the parking lot, where police and paramedics responded to stop the fighting. Fau, who was nearly dead, was found approximately three hours later near railroad tracks behind the club. Fau, who had a broken nose, foot, and leg, and a severe wound to the head died shortly thereafter.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-23-Sun-2005/news/25713922.html|title=Crazy Horse Too club has history of violent incidents|last=Geary|first=Frank|date=January 23, 2005|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050127091417/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jan-23-Sun-2005/news/25713922.html|archive-date=January 27, 2005}}

Fau's widow, Camille Fau, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the four employees, two of whom died before the case went to trial. On January 13, 2003, after two days of deliberations, jurors found that the bouncers were not liable in Fau's death. According to testimony, just over 30 minutes had passed from the time the fight was stopped to the time the club employees arrived at a hospital for treatment of their broken hands. The jury felt that there was not enough time for a second beating to have taken place during that 30-minute period.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jan-14-Tue-2003/news/20470505.html|title=Jury rules for club|last1=Lake|first1=Rickard|last2=Kalil|first2=J.M.|date=January 14, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215234745/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jan-14-Tue-2003/news/20470505.html|archive-date=December 15, 2004}} Fau's attorney, disappointed with the verdict, said, "We had witnesses that were intimidated. We had witnesses who didn't show up. It just shows that the ongoing criminal activity of employees of the Crazy Horse Too is a lot more far-reaching than they would like people to believe."

=Stripper lawsuit (1997)=

In March 1997, two strippers filed a lawsuit against Crazy Horse Too, claiming they were not paid any minimum wage and were required to pay $30 of tip money to the club owner at the end of every work shift. The lawsuit sought $30,000 for each stripper who had worked at the club, as well as class action status to cover all strippers who had worked in Las Vegas strip clubs for the previous two years.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Mar-28-Fri-1997/news/5109979.html|title=Strippers bare woes in lawsuit|last=Benjamin|first=Caren|date=March 28, 1997|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000916174338/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Mar-28-Fri-1997/news/5109979.html|archive-date=September 16, 2000}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Mar-29-Sat-1997/news/5115007.html|title=Topless bar denies charges by strippers|last=Benjamin|first=Caren|date=March 29, 1997|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000916175326/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Mar-29-Sat-1997/news/5115007.html|archive-date=September 16, 2000}} Crazy Horse Too, which planned to countersue, denied the allegations: "This club receives no payment or income from entertainers who are hired as, and are treated as, independent contractors." The lawsuit was expanded to other strip clubs in June 1997, with Crazy Horse Too's attorney, Tony Sgro, responding "we stand by our original assessment."{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Jun-12-Thu-1997/news/5468633.html|title=Strippers expand wage lawsuit to additional Las Vegas clubs|last=Benjamin|first=Caren|date=June 12, 1997|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970719173044/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1997/Jun-12-Thu-1997/news/5468633.html|archive-date=July 19, 1997}}

=Brian Devlin (2001)=

In March 2001, a man named Brian Devlin declined to pay an entertainer $600 for lap dances that he believed would only cost $100. As of January 2005, a lawsuit against the club was pending in District Court. Devlin alleged that after he refused to pay, he was escorted outside to the parking lot by several bouncers, who beat him until he was unconscious. Devlin claimed that he woke up covered in blood, with torn clothes and his wallet missing.

=Eben Kostbar (2001)=

In July 2001, a man named Eben Kostbar visited the club and offered to pay for a friend to receive a table dance. Kostbar refused to pay for the $40 dance, as he believed it was a $20 dance. Kostbar claimed that after exiting the club, he was beat up by multiple bouncers and doormen. Kostbar suffered a concussion, and a contusion to his nose, and had plastic surgery performed on his eye.

Kostbar filed a lawsuit against the club in September 2002, alleging "battery, infliction of emotional distress and negligent training and supervision and negligent infliction of emotional distress." In April 2003, Kostbar offered to settle the case for $140,000. The case was dismissed in September 2003, approximately one month before the trial was scheduled to begin.

=Michael Silverman (2002)=

A man named Michael Silverman attended the club with his wife in May 2002. While looking for his wife, Silverman got into an argument with a bouncer after saying that his wife had probably left with a stripper to obtain cocaine. Silverman was told by the bouncer not to say "cocaine" inside the club, and was hit by the bouncer after repeating the word. The bouncer was cited for misdemeanor battery. Silverman sued the bouncer, Rick Rizzolo, and Crazy Horse Too for "pain and suffering caused by the assault, emotional distress, negligent hiring and punitive damages." By December 2002, the case had been settled.

Film history

In October 2000, Crazy Horse Too was among scheduled filming locations for Legends in Las Vegas, an A&E documentary.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-09-Mon-2000/living/14554329.html|title='C.S.I.' returns to Las Vegas|last=Cling|first=Carol|date=October 9, 2000|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011127043944/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Oct-09-Mon-2000/living/14554329.html|archive-date=November 27, 2001}} Interior and exterior scenes were shot at the club in April 2001, for Ocean's Eleven.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Apr-09-Mon-2001/living/15819030.html|title=Clooney double dips with commercial, 'Ocean's Eleven'|last=Cling|first=Carol|date=April 9, 2001|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020821083834/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Apr-09-Mon-2001/living/15819030.html|archive-date=August 21, 2002}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Apr-13-Fri-2001/news/15847150.html|title=Houdini recording prize possession of Copperfield collection|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=April 13, 2001|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021115042438/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Apr-13-Fri-2001/news/15847150.html|archive-date=November 15, 2002}} For filming at the club, Rick Rizzolo turned down an offer of $100,000 from the film's producers, which included longtime friend Jerry Weintraub. Rizzolo felt that the club's appearance in the film was enough.

In March 2003, scenes were expected to be shot at the club for the pilot episode of NBC's Las Vegas.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-17-Mon-2003/living/20894680.html|title=NBC pilot on casino security to begin production|last=Cling|first=Carol|date=March 17, 2003|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221110926/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-17-Mon-2003/living/20894680.html|archive-date=February 21, 2005}} In June 2006, scenes were shot at the club for Food Network's reality television series, The Family Restaurant.{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-26-Mon-2006/living/8125257.html|title=Penn, Wai bring films to Vegas|last=Cling|first=Carol|date=June 26, 2006|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720140224/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-26-Mon-2006/living/8125257.html|archive-date=July 20, 2006}}

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