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Billionaire sought secret lair for sex, drugs, complaint says
A lawyer for the Broadcom co-founder denies the allegations.
By E. Scott Reckard and Kim Christensen, Times Staff Writers
July 18, 2007
Flush with wealth from Broadcom Corp.'s 1998 public stock offering, computer chip magnate Henry T. Nicholas III made a few additions to his equestrian estate in Laguna Hills: hidden doors and secret levers, an underground grotto, tunnels and a 2,000-square-foot sports bar he called "Nick's Cafe."
But there was more, according to a claim made in court documents: plans for a "secret and convenient lair" with hidden entries for Nicholas to indulge his "manic obsession with prostitutes" and "addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy."
FOR THE RECORD:
Nicholas lawsuit: An article Wednesday in Business about Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III quoted attorney Joseph Kar as saying his client, Kenji Kato, was unfamiliar with allegations in court papers against Nicholas by contractor Roman James but knew of the court case because "Nicholas had mentioned it infrequently." Kar said Nicholas mentioned James infrequently, not the case.
The filing in Orange County Superior Court added that Nicholas had the interior built in warehouse space nearby, which became his "personal brothel" until his wife caught him having sex with a prostitute there.
The allegations by a construction team, denounced as fabrications by Nicholas' lawyer, echoed others in a recently surfaced lawsuit filed late last year by Kenji Kato, a Nicholas assistant from 1999 to 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nicholas18jul18,0,7022711.story?coll=la-home-center
A lawyer for the Broadcom co-founder denies the allegations.
By E. Scott Reckard and Kim Christensen, Times Staff Writers
July 18, 2007
Flush with wealth from Broadcom Corp.'s 1998 public stock offering, computer chip magnate Henry T. Nicholas III made a few additions to his equestrian estate in Laguna Hills: hidden doors and secret levers, an underground grotto, tunnels and a 2,000-square-foot sports bar he called "Nick's Cafe."
But there was more, according to a claim made in court documents: plans for a "secret and convenient lair" with hidden entries for Nicholas to indulge his "manic obsession with prostitutes" and "addiction to cocaine and Ecstasy."
FOR THE RECORD:
Nicholas lawsuit: An article Wednesday in Business about Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III quoted attorney Joseph Kar as saying his client, Kenji Kato, was unfamiliar with allegations in court papers against Nicholas by contractor Roman James but knew of the court case because "Nicholas had mentioned it infrequently." Kar said Nicholas mentioned James infrequently, not the case.
The filing in Orange County Superior Court added that Nicholas had the interior built in warehouse space nearby, which became his "personal brothel" until his wife caught him having sex with a prostitute there.
The allegations by a construction team, denounced as fabrications by Nicholas' lawyer, echoed others in a recently surfaced lawsuit filed late last year by Kenji Kato, a Nicholas assistant from 1999 to 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nicholas18jul18,0,7022711.story?coll=la-home-center
gives a guy hope lol
