Rick Rizzolo (seen here, center, in 2011 with his attorneys) did everything in his power to avoid paying Henry the full amount he was owed. (Image: AmericanMafia.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs part of his plea bargain, Rizzolo agreed to give up ownership of the Crazy Horse Too and also to pay Henry $10 million. Subsequently, he received just a one-year sentence for a single felony tax conviction.<\/p>\n
But since an initial $1 million payment in 2006, Henry and his family had barely received a fraction of what he was owed from Rizzolo. And at the time of Henry\u2019s death last month, he was still owed $8.8 million.<\/p>\n
Not Showing Him the Money<\/h2>\n Rizzolo spent the ensuing decade arguing in court why he shouldn\u2019t have to pay the Henrys, while the family fought to pursue the claim against him. In 2008, they accused Rizzolo of going through a phony divorce so he could transfer his assets to his wife, and so protect them from court-ordered seizure.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my experience Mr. Rizzolo is one of the most despicable human beings I have ever dealt with in my professional career either as a prosecutor or as a civil litigant,\u201d the Henrys\u2019 legal counsel, Donald Campbell, told the Review-Journal<\/em> in 2014.<\/p>\n“[He has engaged in] every form of chicanery there was to be had, and is completely unrepentant and without any contrition for what he has done,\u201d Campbell added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Also in 2014, federal prosecutors\u00a0hit Rizzolo with new tax evasion charges that accused him of hiding assets in order to avoid paying millions in employment and income taxes. The case is awaiting trial.<\/p>\n
Henry\u2019s funeral is due to take place today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Las Vegas tourist Kirk Henry, owed millions in damages by an allegedly Mob-connected Vegas strip club owner, died last month having only received a fraction of his compensation money, the Las Vegas Review-Journal revealed this week. In September 2001, Henry, a computer cable salesman from Kansas, was left paralyzed from the neck down after being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":47064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,60,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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