Husband, who owns a Nevada strip club, is convicted of federal tax charges.
Husband and Wife split up.
Husband serves one year on the federal charges and is released on probation in 2008.
A patron of Husband’s strip club sues Husband over severe personal injuries he sustains at the club.
In his divorce settlement with Wife, Husband keeps his club. And gives Wife pretty much everything else.
Three marital residences in different cities.
A $7 million investment account.
$5 million in alimony payable over five years.
Husband reportedly sells another strip club in Pennsylvania for about $1 million.
Husband allegedly puts the proceeds of sale into an offshore bank account … and distributes them to relatives.
The Court finds that Husband is misleading or evasive in his responses to the injured plaintiff’s inquiries into Husband’s finances.
And now the federal judge orders Husband back to federal prison for nine more months.
For violating the terms of his probation and allegedly lying to his probation officers. For living high off the hog thanks to undisclosed, protected assets and using his divorce to protect assets from the injured plaintiff and other creditors.
Husband appeals the new sentence.
Read more in this Las Vegas Review Journal article: Ex-strip club owner Rizzolo appeals return to prison.