TEASERS LAWYERS SEEK ACCESS TO DEA DOCUMENTS

Officials Say Future Case Could Be Hurt If Information Released

WARNER ROBINS - Attorneys for a Warner Robins nightclub have asked a
federal judge for documents they believe will prove city leaders conspired
to close down the business.

But federal officials have refused to release the information, saying it
could hurt future cases.

Attorneys for Teasers Show Bar filed a motion in federal court earlier this
week asking the judge to force the Drug Enforcement Administration to turn
over all documents and provide testimony about the undercover investigation
of Teasers, Club Erotica and the former Neon Cowboy.

Teasers attorney Cary Wiggins believes the documents will show that Warner
Robins Mayor Donald Walker "acted arbitrarily and with unlawful motive in
his role as an investigator and an adjudicator."

The DEA worked with the Warner Robins Police Department in a 14-month drug
investigation at all the clubs. After the investigation, Walker presided
over a City Council hearing the night Teasers officials lost their adult
entertainment license in 1999.

"It's been the city's position all along that they were going after drug
dealers," Wiggins said. "We want to know why they were after drug dealers
on our property."

According to documents filed in federal court, DEA officials have refused
to turn over documents and let two agents be deposed because they believe
it would reveal confidential sources or informants used in this case and
other cases. Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment
on the matter Friday.

Teasers attorneys believe the Warner Robins Police Department started an
undercover drug investigation at the nightclub in early 1998, shortly after
a federal judge prohibited the city from enforcing a new adult
entertainment ordinance. That ordinance outlawed nude dancing and the sale
of alcohol at the same establishment.

Soon after the investigation began, the WRPD called in the DEA to
investigate all three clubs. During the investigation, a bouncer at Teasers
and several dancers allegedly sold drugs to undercover officers and an
informant.

"By late 1996, the strip clubs had drawn the ire of local politicians,"
Wiggins wrote in a recent letter to DEA officials. "During his election
campaign, for instance, (Warner Robins Mayor Donald Walker) is quoted to
have said that his sole purpose was to shut down Cafe Erotica and (that) he
was involved in negotiations to buy the land under the nude dance club."
Wiggins quoted a previous Telegraph article in his letter.

Jim Elliott, Warner Robins city attorney, said police officers called in
the DEA when they realized the large scope of their investigation was more
than they could handle. According to city officials, the investigation
ultimately led to 28 local arrests and 21 federal convictions.

During the investigation, agents seized drugs valued at $179,500 and
$285,400 in cash, property and stolen items.

"It became obvious to the officers very quickly that the drug trafficking
at Teasers was much bigger than they anticipated," Elliott said. "It would
go beyond Teasers, the city and possibly the state."

This week's motion is the latest in the long-standing feud between the
nightclub and the city. Despite several rulings in the city's favor,
Teasers still is serving alcohol and providing nude entertainment.

Along with this case, Teasers attorneys have two other cases pending
against the city of Warner Robins. Those are at the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals in Atlanta.