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Arkansas Man Sues Las Vegas Dancer For Over $38M | Says He Was Misled To Believe They Were Exclusive
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A Washington County man is filing a lawsuit against a Las Vegas dancer after he says an "extensive, fraud- ulent scheme" lasting ten years cost him over $35,000,000, according to court documents.
The lawsuit claims in 2014 the plaintiff, Fred Brunner, was going through a divorce and "decided to go to a Las Vegas gentleman's club to smoke a cigar and have a few cocktails."
That's where he met a woman.
The woman, who was reportedly a dancer, "made a sig- nificant amount of money from Brunner that night ... and learned Brunner was far wealthier than her normal patrons — wealthy enough to change her life," the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit claims
the woman communi- cated with him daily while scheming to "form a make-believe relationship" with the ultimate goal of get- ting as much money out of him as possi- ble.
Over ten years, Brunner claims the "woman hoodwinked him into thinking they were in an exclusive, romantic relation- ship." During this time, the lawsuit says she accepted a house and several trips funded by Brunner. Brunner also claims he would send financial sup- port to the woman at "her specific request."
During the woman's alleged scheme, the lawsuit says she col- lected over $3 million from Brunner.
"Contrary to her countless representa- tions to Brunner, the woman was in fact in a romantic relation- ship with another man in Las Vegas," the lawsuit says.
Additionally, the law- suit claims the woman gave some of Brunner's money to the other man.
"All along, she had no intention of follow- ing through on her representations, doing only what was necessary to keep Brunner from being suspicious," the law- suit alleges.
Brunner is seeking compensation and punitive fees from the woman amounting to $38,500,000, accord- ing to the lawsuit.
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