She can't get enough of it!
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A view of the adult industry (via "Gentlemens Clubs") from the perspective of one of it's long-time workers. Raw and Uncensored! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
She is married or was married to Steven’s brother Brad Hirsch. Some online sources say they are still married while others say they’re divorced. She also has a baby but it doesn’t say if the child is Brad’s. If she and Brad are divorced, didn’t she get a settlement?
She’s a real estate agent but because of the economy and crippled housing market, she’s forced to come back into porn to support her family. If she and Brad are divorced, then what the hell is her current husband doing that he can’t support his wife and child so his wife wouldn’t have to come back? If she and Brad are married, then the Hirsch family is more dysfunctional than I thought they were.
Some quotes from Raylene’s recent interview with AVN:
“I’m doing one comeback movie for Vivid so far, we’re going to see how it works out, and we’ll go from there. I sent him an e-mail, and he said he’d be willing to sit down and talk to me, so we met, had a great conversation, and yeah, we’re going to try one. So it was just really recent that I decided this.”
“Times are tough and I have to do what I have to do. I’m excited in some ways, and in other ways I’m kind of scared, because I’m a mother and I have a husband who I love very much.”
“My husband and I are pretty open, we have kind of a weird, freaky relationship. It actually is, in a way, a little bit sexually motivated because I think that it’ll open up our little sexual world a little bit. I’m just going to give it a try, see what happens.”
“I’ve been kicking the idea around for a little over a year. I met with a company last year, and for me, it just wasn’t the right timing, I didn’t feel like I could actually perform. For a long time I haven’t really had an interest in getting back in the business — I worked really hard with my real estate career — but things are different now. If things work out with this movie, I’m kind of looking at like a two-year plan.”
“I heard the industry has changed dramatically since I’ve been in it, so I don’t know what to expect. But I know that I’m in good hands over at Vivid, and I’m working for people that I’m familiar with, so that’s comforting.”
“I have a little bit of body image issues, even though I know that I look good — Steve wouldn’t hire me if I didn’t — but you know, I’ve had a baby. But I think that it’ll work out and I’ll probably be able to snap back into it pretty easy once I get on set.”
“I’m in a different head space than I was when I was in the business before. I don’t use drugs, I have a family to come home to every night, so I think that my goals are way different than they were. I’m not interested in doing it just to party and have fun. Of course, I’ll have fun on set, why wouldn’t I? It is sex, for goodness sake.”
“Perhaps the most surprising thing to Raylene surrounding this announcement is the instant spark of near rabid excitement it set off among industry observers.”
“It’s kind of funny to me. I didn’t know I still had fans! I stayed out of the light for so long, I didn’t know that anybody cared.”
--Las vegas Sun |
This week Rick's got dragged into a lawsuit involving a vehicular manslaughter case. Now this:
Las Vegas- A former Crazy Horse Too shift manager who served time in prison after a federal racketeering probe at the topless club is back in the business in a big way.
Vincent “Vinny” Faraci, 53, was hired last week as general manager of a larger, high-profile strip club, Rick’s Cabaret, formerly called Scores and before that, Jaguars.
Since his hiring, employees said, several supervisors have been fired in a management shake-up at the posh 25,000-square-foot club, which has six stages, marble floors, a mezzanine, high-flying trapeze acts, a piano bar, a steak house and an intimate VIP salon with fireplaces.
Rick’s Cabaret International, a publicly traded company based in Houston, purchased the palatial club in September for $21 million and is waiting for Metro Police to complete a routine background investigation of the company so that it can receive its permanent liquor license and adult dancing permit from Clark County. Records show the company is operating the club with temporary licenses.
Hiring Faraci, with all of his baggage, in the middle of the licensing investigation is being viewed by some within law enforcement and the strip club business as a gutsy move.
Faraci is the son of a man whom law enforcers have identified as a member of the Bonanno crime family in New York. Until his retirement from the Crazy Horse Too in February 2005, Faraci was one of the right-hand men to the former owner of that club, Rick Rizzolo, the chief target of the federal probe.
The FBI and IRS spent a decade investigating Rizzolo’s alleged ties to the mob, his cash business practices and a series of patron beatings at Crazy Horse Too. In June 2006, Rizzolo and 15 of his ranking employees, including Faraci, struck deals with the government to plead guilty to failing to report their share of dancers’ tips to the IRS. Both Rizzolo and Faraci spent several months in prison in 2007, and Rizzolo was banned from getting back into the topless club business. Faraci was not.
He returned to the industry several months ago, when, with the help of lawyers David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, he obtained a key employee license from the county to work at the smaller Eden Gentlemen’s Club.
“He’s on good terms with the county as far as his licensing is concerned,” Schonfeld said, adding that his client won approval after a Metro Police background investigation.
But according to county spokesman Dan Kulin, the county’s Business License Department had recommended denying Faraci a license. His attorneys, Kulin said, appealed to a county hearing officer, who overturned the denial.
Eric Langan, president and chief executive of Rick’s Cabaret International, which operates 19 upscale clubs across the country, said he’s aware of Faraci’s background and is “optimistically cautious” about bringing him on board.
“So far, Vinny’s done all the right things,” Langan said. “The girls love him, and he’s great with the customers.”
Langan said his company talked with Metro Police and had a long discussion with Faraci about his past before hiring him.
“He was looking for a home, and we’re hoping it will work out with us,” he said. “I think he’s gotten a bum rap.”
Chesnoff added, “He’s done everything he’s been asked to do. He paid his taxes and did his time.”
Langan said he’s not sure whether the company will seek a key employee license for Faraci because it has a regional manager in Las Vegas who oversees him. Faraci, he said, is only responsible for dealing with the dancers and other employees and is not involved in the accounting end of the club.
Efforts to obtain more information and records from Metro Police and the county about Faraci’s licensing efforts were unsuccessful this week.
--on the web |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — from www.morningsun.net- Strip clubs around the nation have been tightening g-strings, but veteran operators say there’s still money in dancing naked.
“We’re down some,” says Larry Troesch, owner of Deja Vu clubs in Springfield, Tampa and the St. Louis area. “We’re definitely not up.
“To be honest, this is about as tough as I’ve ever seen it.”
Troesch, who opened Springfield’s only strip club more than 20 years ago, says it really is as simple as it sounds: When the economy lags and unemployment rises, strippers suffer. He isn’t the only club owner who’s going through hard times.
VCG Holding Corp., which owns 20 strip clubs in 10 states, including Illinois, had a net loss of $30.7 million last year, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company responded by slowing down on acquisitions, but its stock is still sinking – it closed at $1.55 on Thursday, down from $13.56 at the end of 2007.
Rick’s Cabaret International, which owns 19 clubs in seven states, has also suffered. Its stock closed at $5.41 on Thursday, down sharply from a 52-week high of $26.74.
Still, Rick’s spokesman Allan Priaulx paints a rosy forecast.
He says clubs in Philadelphia, Las Vegas and Dallas are turning around, thanks to targeting different types of customers. In Dallas, where the company has had difficulty getting a liquor license, the company has shifted focus to selling soft drinks and mixers to customers who bring their own alcohol.
In Philadelphia, the company is targeting blacks and betting that customers will follow professional athletes who are valued patrons, Priaulx said.
“The last six to eight weeks have been tremendous for us,” Priaulx said.
At least one part of the business is booming: With so many people unemployed, there’s a surplus of job applicants, Troesch said.
“The key to this business is, absolutely, number one, a pretty girl — a pretty girl with personality,” Troesch said. “You have to provide quality. No one complains that Disneyland is too expensive.”