Kincaid-Chauncey: I thought Lance was giving me the money

Monday, March 23, 2009 | 4:34 p.m.

As in Malone, her comrade in G-Sting infamy. Kincaid said she believed he, not Mike Galardi, the strip club mogul, was giving her money. She said that and a lot of other stuff on "Face to Face" today. Some other stuff:

(on comps to military servicemen at one of Galardi's clubs)

They asked me to do it, because they were all getting ready to go overseas. They had never been to Vegas, had never been to a strip show. They asked me if I would get comps for them just to get in the show. It was kind of a combination of patriotic, that type of thing. So, I did.

I never thought of myself as the most powerful person. I always thought of myself as Mary Kincaid, wife and mother. I guess that was one big mistake I made, because in everything I did, I never considered myself as a powerful person. It just never sunk in that I had that kind of power.

I never considered myself naive either. But, after I sat and thought about it for a long time, I really was. I never would have believed that any of the people who were convicted were taking bribes. I wouldn't have believed it. If you had told me, I wouldn't have believed it.

I know and God knows that I did not take a bribe. I did not take money from Michael Galardi except the money he gave my daughter which he gave directly to her and not to me and to my son, which he got and I didn't.

I really thought Lance was going to give it to them. Because, I asked Lance. I knew Lance got a substantial settlement. He had told me he had gotten a substantial amount of money from Station Casinos. I actually had asked Lance, and he said, 'I'll see what I can do.' I thought he was going to give it to me originally.

Sometimes, I think that you say things jokingly or sometimes just talking that can be taken any way, you know, taken the wrong way. But, I also think that because they (Malone & Kenny) were involved, and I didn't believe or know they were involved, it probably wasn't a good idea to be talking to them.

I thought that Erin's husband of course was a chiropractor, and I thought he was making a lot of money. Dario I never really knew too much about his personal life. So, I just assumed that he made good enough money to do the things he wanted to do.

Technically, I am legally guilty.

Jon: It's just a technicality to you.

Chauncey: But, I know that I am not. God knows I am not, so that's all that really matters.

(on her switching her votes in Galardi's favor)

We could have called probably Metro, because they were the ones who advised me that I had to quit voting against Galardi.

Jon: Why?

Chauncey: Because he had legally passed all of Metro's investigations, had legally done everything that the county required of him. We were only voting on a liquor license. He had legally done everything the county required of him for a liquor license and what I felt for him was personal, and that I had to quit using that.

I think that if a politician is accused that, generally speaking, the public will think that they're guilty.

Before I experienced the justice system, I always assumed that if somebody was accused of something, the government would not accuse them if they didn't have a lot of evidence. If a jury convicted them, surely they must be guilty. I really never expected to be found guilty, because I knew I was innocent. I believed strongly enough in the system that I just didn't see how it could happen.

He (Richard Wright) wanted me to know that before I went to trial that the chances of being acquitted if you're a politician are very slim, but I said, 'No. I'm not going to say I did something I didn't do. So, I'm going to go all the way with it.

(on her reaction to the details that came out about Dario)

Dario seemed like a really nice kid. I knew he was a little bit on the wild side, but I never would have dreamed some of the things I heard. I was really shocked.

(on the details about Erin Kenny)

I really felt almost sorry for her when she was testifying. She looked very bad, and they were saying such horrible things. The whole county was really down on her. I felt kind of sorry for her.

The single worst moment was when they did the first strip search.

Jon: That was it.

Kincaid: It was...

Jon: It was humiliating.

Kincaid: It was very humiliating, and at my age, I was very humiliated by it.

There were a couple of things that had to do with women who were seriously ill and did not get the proper medical treatment. Two of them I was pretty close to nearly died. They got to the hospital just in time to keep from dying.

There is absolutely no medical care. If you get sick, you're out of luck. That was very scary for a woman of my age, because you have a lot more things happen to you.

(on whether she considered moving out of Las Vegas)

I love this town. I love the people in it. All my friends, my family are here. My church is here. This is where I belong.