Archive for February, 2010

Tampa Strip Clubs: Ex-prosecutor sanctioned over libel lawsuit

Monday, February 15th, 2010

… As one could expect,” O’Neill wrote in his application to become U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, “Mr. Del Fuoco did not handle the pointed criticism well. Instead he turned his attention to me. He filed a number of spurious complaints against me.”
O’Neill added that law enforcement members suggested he carry a weapon at all times because Del Fuoco is unstable.
In addition to his complaints and lawsuits against O’Neill and others, Del Fuoco has written to officials, including U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, opposing O’Neill’s candidacy for U.S. Attorney and accusing O’Neill of everything from adultery to corruption.
He alleges in a court filing that O’Neill ordered him to stop investigating a Tampa attorney in 2002 in the arson of a strip club, and that the attorney is dating a federal prosecutor who gave the attorney information about the investigation.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Woman charged over brothel attack

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Woman charged over brothel attack
Click photo to enlarge La Maison in lower High Street where a woman was seriously assaulted early on Saturday morning.
A Dunedin house of pleasure turned into a house of pain for a brothel duty manager after she was attacked by a woman allegedly wielding a knife.
Police were called to La Maison House of Pleasure, Queens Gardens, at 2.25am on Saturday, following reports of an altercation.
A 23-year-old unemployed Dunedin woman visited the brothel with a female associate, wanting to go out drinking with one of the workers.
When the duty manager refused entry to the pair outside the brothel, the woman is alleged to have “punched her with a knife”, Senior Sergeant Brian Benn, of Dunedin, said.
The knife, which had an extendable blade of 10cm, caused a wound to the duty manager’s left eyebrow.

See the full article from “Otago Daily Times”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Sex addiction no laughing matter, therapists say [Tampa Tribune, Fla.]

Friday, February 12th, 2010

… Before the Internet, people would go out to bars,” she said, “and pick up women or prostitutes.”
With sex addicts, the sex isn’t the driving force, she said. It’s more complicated than that.
“It’s not so much to have sex as it is a challenge to get partners to say OK,” she said. “Sex addicts get a sense of, ‘Job well done.’ It’s the very same dynamic with each patient.
“People want to feel something other than what they’re feeling,” she said. “It’s the same as with alcohol, nicotine, drugs; they want to be something other than what they are.”
One problem seen by therapists is self diagnosis. People see a celebrity caught in a cheating scandal and then seeking sex addiction treatment and think they have the same thing, said Jo-Ann Bird, a sex therapist in Brandon.

Gone untreated, sex addicts can have lives that spiral downward, leading to obsessions with pornography, prostitution, exhibitionism, voyeurism, child molesting, incest and rape, he wrote.

See the full article from “Behavioral Health Central (blog)”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Next stop for the bipartisan express will be a Feb. 25 forum on health care. House GOP leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, has signaled that his members will be reluctant players. He suggested it’s “time to scrap the bill and start over.”
The chilliness endures, but at least they’re talking.
On the Net:
http://www.sfgate.com
Feb. 10
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on Chinese drug rehab:
In China, “drug rehabilitation” doesn’t deserve the name, according to a recent New York Times article.
The authoritarian Chinese government apparently allows its police forces to send anyone caught with drugs to one of the country’s compulsory drug rehabilitation centers. No trial, no judge, no defense.
The minimum stay is two years, and the rehab is physical abuse and forced labor – no drug treatment involved. The new “rehabilitation” system “replaces” the government’s previous approach: Sending addicts to labor camps with prostitutes and dissidents.

See the full article from “San Luis Obispo Tribune”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: National Human Traffiking Awareness Day

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The other astounding thing is the extent of criminality in the adult industry. Watching people like Tila Tiquila, and shows like “The Girls Next Door,” pornography begins to seem normal. But according to Diana, vulnerable young girls are recruited into the adult film business, then, in her own words, “Once they get the girl to the city she’s been recruited to, they have already started a tab, a debt roll, which she has to pay off before she can leave – or so they tell her. Everything they’ve spent to get her there, they put on this tab that she’s unaware of.” Paying this “debt” may involve prostitution, even being trafficked across state and international borders.

See the full article from “Tampa Bay Informer”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: The good times roll in New Orleans Saints’ parade

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Brees is something else entirely. Chalk it up to the magic of football: New Orleanians in the last couple of days have been building a shrine to their beloved quarterback outside the gates of his home. With its heartfelt Sharpie-scrawled sentiments and random totems of life in this particular ‘hood — a six-pack of Abita, the local brew, a Hubig’s pie, a storied New Orleans junk-food staple — you’d think, observing from a distance, that the guy had been the victim of a drive-by, not a Super Bowl MVP.
“How’s the ‘Who Dat’ nation feel tonight?” Brees said as his float stopped at Gallier Hall. “We love you and we won that championship for you.”
A man took a microphone to wish Brees the best, on behalf of all of the fans who have waited 40-plus years for New Orleans to experience this moment. It turned out to be U.S. Sen. David Vitter, the family-values Republican running for reelection here despite the fact that his phone number famously appeared on a prostitution service’s list of clients.

See the full article from “Los Angeles Times”

Tampa Strip Clubs: Snap Peas, sweet Peas

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Backed by a full live band (and a whole lot of samples and digital trickery), BEP opened with Let’s Get It Started. And with that, the near-capacity crowd commenced 100-plus minutes of singing, dancing, grooving — a young-and-old audience of dads and their daughters, and sugardaddies and their, um, daughters.
“We came here for one reason only,” Will hollered, “and that’s to get craaazzzy!” At a BEP concert, that’s as deep as you get.
Again: The show was silly, but satisfying. You can tell the Peas dig working with each other; even though this long tour is coming to an end, the four displayed a flirty chemistry harmonizing on Meet Me Halfway, Don’t Phunk With My Heart and My Humps, that bawdy stripper classic for which Fergie went low and slow, if you know what I mean.

See the full article from “Tampabay.com”

Tampa Strip Clubs: An different kind of look at the Man with the Tan

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

The man of the hour entered and the hack did his duties escorting him impressively and without tripping over himself or laughing when he realized how ridiculous he looked taking himself so seriously. Now seated, his honor sat at the head table and the lengthy introductions began with the excitement of watching paint dry.
Soon, the best man at the head table was recognized. The agriculture commissioner was not running for re-election due to term-limits. He had toyed with a run for governor, but the money men must have told him “No. It’s Howdy-Doody’s turn.” So this being his last State Fair, he was given his due recognition for his years of public service. And though it wasn’t mentioned, the fact that he’d never embarrassed himself, taken a boatload of cash from some Ponzi-schemer, or charged up strip club visits on his RPOF Amex card certainly meant he should be held in higher regard than most at the head table.

See the full article from “Creative Loafing Tampa (blog)”

Tampa Strip Clubs: Ex-prosecutor facing sanctions over ‘impertinent accusations’

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

In the meantime, Del Fuoco’s finances have taken a downward turn. A Pinellas County judge has issued an order for Del Fuoco’s arrest, ordering that he serve up to 90 days in jail for contempt unless he pays $5,000 toward outstanding child support.
“I simply did not have the money to pay,” Del Fuoco said in an e-mail to a Tribune reporter. “Since O’Neill and company pulled this stuff with me, I have experienced extreme financial hardship. I’m attempting to raise the money for this now.”
He said the focus should not be on him but rather on accountability in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
He alleges in a court filing that O’Neill ordered him to stop investigating a Tampa attorney in 2002 in the arson of a strip club, and that the attorney is dating a federal prosecutor who gave him information about the investigation. It is this filing that is the focus of today’s hearing.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

Tampa Adult Entertainment: Family does matter

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

His dad was stuttering. Mike was scared. The sirens screamed and stole his father. They stole Mike’s home, not just for the six months that his dad was gone, but for all the nights since then when he has had to sit in someone else’s bed at night and try to sleep.
Michael Sr. was not arrested for hitting that child. Rather, according to police reports, he was charged with and pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended or canceled license. In 2005, he would serve a six-month prison sentence for becoming a habitual offender of this charge. His record goes back to 1984 and includes more than a dozen arrests.
Mike and his coach call Michael Sr.’s situation “unstable.”
Mike couldn’t live with his mom because, at the time, he didn’t know where she was. Before she had Mike, Mike’s mom was a prostitute. Before she could raise him, Mike’s dad took him away.

See the full article from “GatorCountry.com”