High court won’t delay trial in Crazy Horse suit

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 | 9:37 a.m.

CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday refused to delay a civil suit in Las Vegas against the Crazy Horse Too topless club and its owner, Rick Rizzolo.

Kirk Henry of Kansas City is suing the business and Rizzolo, alleging the club is responsible for the broken neck Henry suffered in the parking lot of the club.

Rizzolo asked for a partial stay of civil discovery because of an ongoing federal criminal investigation into the club. He also wanted to prevent the taking of the deposition of Vincent Faraci, a former shift manager at the club.

Faraci is not named in the civil suit but he appealed also to the Supreme Court for an emergency writ to stay his deposition.

Faraci's lawyer, David Chesnoff, previously told District Judge Jackie Glass that Faraci would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if he was questioned about the parking lot incident.

The Nevada Supreme Court said that "should Faraci invoke the Fifth Amendment at his deposition, the parties will have an opportunity to request that the District Court assess and address any impact of that invocation before trial."

The court said Rizzolo and Faraci "have ample opportunity to obtain adequate protection of their interests before the district court trial."

The order was signed by Justices Bob Rose, Mark Gibbons and James Hardesty.