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To: Sarkie who wrote (3155)	4/14/2001 9:51:16 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 4692

Okay, like me too..crockadile...lol how square can you be??? Arthur is going to smell pretty in a while.

To: Sarkie who wrote (3155)	5/16/2001 7:25:23 AM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 4692

And the beat goes on...Maybe the lawyer was just looking for honest employment! foxnews.com Gold Club Lawyer Stages a Table Dance Gold Club owner Steve Kaplan Wednesday, May 16, 2001 ATLANTA — A lawyer for a stripper accused of prostituting herself to star athletes at the Gold Club staged his own table dance Tuesday, peeling off his jacket and telling jurors that "sometimes sex is just sex." The theatrics came as defense attorneys wrapped up opening statements in the racketeering trial of Gold Club owner Steve Kaplan and six associates, disputing the government's claim that Kaplan ran a high-profile sex shop and funneled money to the mob. Attorney Bruce Harvey climbed onto a courtroom desk to illustrate his argument that his client, Gold Club dancer Jacklyn Bush, was simply a successful stripper who could easily persuade customers to buy $500 bottles of champagne. A judge ordered him back to the floor. Harvey continued: "With all apologies to Sigmund Freud, sometimes sex is just sex. It's not illegal to have sex, I hope. It's not illegal, it's not prostitution. Let's don't confuse sex or immorality with illegality." Bush is charged with taking money from Kaplan for providing sex to professional basketball stars. Prosecutors say Kaplan enjoyed selling sex at the club and cheated customers as he rose to a prominent position in the Gambino crime family. The government plans to call NBA star Patrick Ewing and the NFL's Jamal Anderson and Terrell Davis as witnesses. Defense attorneys say encouraging patrons to run up thousand-dollar tabs is no crime. They accuse the government of making a morality play out of the trial and trying to frighten jurors into a guilty verdict. "They want to decide what we can see and what we cannot see in our society," said Dwight Thomas, who represents a former Atlanta police officer accused of accepting sex in exchange for tipping the club off about permit inspections. Prosecutors called their first witness Tuesday, quizzing an FBI special agent on the structure of a crime families. New York-based Agent John Steubing, an organized-crime expert, said the most common reason people start earning money for the mob is to buy protection for an illegal operation. Steubing did not address the specific allegations in the trial. The defense hammered at the credibility of witnesses it expects the government to call, painting them as a lineup of criminals and liars willing to say anything in exchange for having their prison sentences reduced. "The government witnesses will come in here and look like a rogues' gallery," said attorney Craig Gillen. "We will fight them with the truth -- their worst enemy." Charges against the defendants include obstruction, credit card fraud and loansharking. Kaplan also is accused of ordering the beatings of about 20 people who did not repay high-interest loans. The trial is expected to last well into summer.