In a shocking turn of events, attorney Louis "Big Daddy Lou" Posner was automatically disbarred after he admitted earlier this year to promoting prostitution at his popular strip club, the Hot Lap Dance Club. But today, the reality of that ignoble honor was made crystal clear: his name was completely stricken from the state's roll of lawyers by a state appeals court. more ›

In a no-jail plea deal, attorney Louis "Big Daddy Lou" Posner pleaded guilty yesterday to promoting prostitution at his popular strip club, the Hot Lap Dance Club. Prosecutors busted Posner for offering much more than erotic dancing to its upscale clientele, including on-site cocaine sales, and private rooms with beds for $250 an hour (plus whatever customers gave "dancers" behind closed doors). According to Posner's detailed statement in court yesterday, it does indeed sound like a pretty raunchy place (RIP): more ›

The lawyer accused of running a prostitution ring at his strip club and laundering the proceeds through a voter registration non-profit gave the Daily News an exclusive interview from his Manhattan jail. Lou Posner claims sex-for-pay was not occurring at the Hot Lap Dance Club, "We hired intelligent, well-spoken girls, some of them Ivy League girls," and said women who weren't hired were launching fake allegations against him. Powner is also upset his wife was swept up in the arrests ("The most she did was make brownies [for the staff].") but he did look on the bright side of being behind bars, while he is being held on $150,000 bail, "I need to lose some weight." more ›

The lawyer accused of operating a strip club/brothel in Midtown was held on $150,000 bail, as was his wife. And his employees spared no details about Lou Posner while talking with the tabloids. more ›

At the Hot Lap Dance Club on West 38th Street, police say customers could indulge not just in hot lap dances but some more intimate fun by the hour in cubicles, private bedrooms or even "off-premises." And what's more, the joint was run by a group of people, including one who started a voter reform advocacy group after the 2000 election and a private police force cop. more ›

A married investment broker in his 30s is suing a midtown strip club because one of his dancers hurt him real bad--and not just emotionally. Stephen Chang, who is married and works for an unnamed investment firm, went to the Hot Lap Dance Club [really NSFW beyond the homepage] where his dancer's moves were a little too hot. more ›