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.