Atlanta gold club trial

He was re-arrested in and accused of ordering associates "to meet, intimidate and tape record" government witnesses. Despite the publicity surrounding the trial, the club's parking lot remains routinely filled with limousines.

A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines. Contact us. Jones said the women were engaged in lesbian sex, which then turned to oral sex with the men. After that, the women and men engaged in intercourse.

Asked whether he engaged in intercourse with them, Jones said yes. He said he did not pay or tip anyone for the sex because he was told it was a party. Jones also testified that Kaplan was in the hotel during the encounter, but he could not recall whether Kaplan was in the room.

Jones said he returned to the Gold Club after about an hour, and that he then began to feel uncomfortable about the encounter. The ballplayer testified he enjoys going to the Gold Club, and has been there at least 30 times. He called himself a "regular" at the establishment. Please be merciful, he has children. The last character witness was a Franciscan priest from New York who described Kaplan's work with the poor.

I'm very grateful," Kaplan told reporters as he emerged from the federal courthouse in downtown Atlanta. He said his older daughter, 14, was taunted by other students at her school in Oyster Bay, New York, who told her, "'Your father is a gangster. Your father is in jail. I had to talk to the teachers. The government tried to link Kaplan to a New York Mafia family.

But Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo, the only reputed high-ranking member of a crime family who was a defendant in the trial, was acquitted in late August of extortion charges. Federal agents raided the Gold Club in , seizing boxes of records and arresting Kaplan. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Benoit Tragedy Mars Year , December 30, Moolah Enjoyed Fabulous Career , November 18, John Kronus Found Dead , July 19, Hogan Again In Spotlight , November 1, Eric Bischoff.