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He attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Management.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | He attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Management.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | ||
His first job in Florida after moving to the state in 1973 was as manager of the Dubsdread Country Club.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | His first job in Florida after moving to the state in 1973 was as manager of the Dubsdread Country Club.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> Afterwards, he bought the Red Lion for $13,000 and renamed it Thee Dollhouse.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> In 1982, he bought a building near Pompano Beach, which became Thee Dollhouse III.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> In 1985, he opened Solid Gold in Fort Lauderdale.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> He later opened Pure Platinum in Oakland Park.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | ||
He | He also founded MJ Peter Club Management, a consulting firm for strip clubs, and ''Platinum'' magazine.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | ||
He | In 1991, he was arrested for attemting to kidnap a business rival who had tried to recruit his dancers, though the charges were eventually dismissed.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | ||
In December 1995, he was indicted on 10 counts of racketeering and charged with allowing members of the Gambino family to keep a hidden interest in three of his clubs.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> He ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud for failing to list builder James Williams, who had loaned him money, on his liquor license application.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> He served time in prison from January 1997 to May 1998.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> He initially served time at Miami Federal Prison Camp until April 1997 when authorities accused him and several other inmates of leaving for an evening tryst with prostitutes.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> Although he denied doing so, he was placed in solitary confinement and transferred to a prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> He lived in Lauderdale Isles before going to prison.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | |||
He appeared on ''Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'' in the late 1980s.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | He appeared on ''Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'' in the late 1980s.<ref name=SunSentinelNovember1997/> | ||