Note: 1£ = $1.70 USD if I remember right....
£16,000 STRIP CLUB BILL
A top insurance executive has run up a £16,000 bill after a night at a New York strip club.
Mitchell Blaser, 53, is now suing Scores club in Manhattan, claiming he was swindled.
However, club owners insist Mr Blaser, chief financial officer of the Americas division of Swiss Re, was simply having a good time.
They claim Mr Blaser ordered five magnums of Clos Du Mesnil Champagne at £1,800 each during a night of extravagance in December.
Mr Blaser's lawyer, Leonard Zack, said his client was expecting a bill of about £2,000 from the club, whose previous customers include Irish actor Colin Farrell.
"They probably do it to a lot of people who don't want to do anything," Mr Zack said.
Mr Blaser filed a police complaint and then launched a lawsuit in a Manhattan court.
Scores spokesman Lonnie Hanover said Mr Blaser charged £4,000 worth of Diamond Dollars - the club's currency - to his American Express card and bought a string of lap dances.
As well as the champagne, Mr Blaser allegedly ordered £280 worth of shots and food.
"At £7,000, he had a dozen girls hanging on to his words for several hours," Mr Hanover said.
Mr Hanover told the New York Daily News that the club has Mr Blaser's signed receipts to prove "this is a totally frivolous lawsuit".
"It is very intoxicating being surrounded by beautiful girls," he added.
"This man purchased our most expensive bottle of champagne. It is rated the best in the world.
"You can have a wonderful bottle of champagne for $300. This is the extreme. The last person to buy one was a head of state."
£16,000 STRIP CLUB BILL
A top insurance executive has run up a £16,000 bill after a night at a New York strip club.
Mitchell Blaser, 53, is now suing Scores club in Manhattan, claiming he was swindled.
However, club owners insist Mr Blaser, chief financial officer of the Americas division of Swiss Re, was simply having a good time.
They claim Mr Blaser ordered five magnums of Clos Du Mesnil Champagne at £1,800 each during a night of extravagance in December.
Mr Blaser's lawyer, Leonard Zack, said his client was expecting a bill of about £2,000 from the club, whose previous customers include Irish actor Colin Farrell.
"They probably do it to a lot of people who don't want to do anything," Mr Zack said.
Mr Blaser filed a police complaint and then launched a lawsuit in a Manhattan court.
Scores spokesman Lonnie Hanover said Mr Blaser charged £4,000 worth of Diamond Dollars - the club's currency - to his American Express card and bought a string of lap dances.
As well as the champagne, Mr Blaser allegedly ordered £280 worth of shots and food.
"At £7,000, he had a dozen girls hanging on to his words for several hours," Mr Hanover said.
Mr Hanover told the New York Daily News that the club has Mr Blaser's signed receipts to prove "this is a totally frivolous lawsuit".
"It is very intoxicating being surrounded by beautiful girls," he added.
"This man purchased our most expensive bottle of champagne. It is rated the best in the world.
"You can have a wonderful bottle of champagne for $300. This is the extreme. The last person to buy one was a head of state."
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