VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Storey County jury on Friday awarded $1.3 million to a man who said Mustang Ranch owner and Storey County Commissioner Lance Gilman cheated him out of his share of brothel profits.
The District Court jury in Virginia City awarded the judgment to Tom Gonzales of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for breach of contract, and breach of good faith and fair dealing.
District Judge James Wilson had dismissed five other counts Thursday that personally named Gilman and brothel manager Susan Austin as co-defendants in Gonzales' civil lawsuit. The judgment is against Gilman's company Cash Assets Management LLC, which controlled the Wild Horse brothel.
The lawsuit, which originally sought $1.5 million, accused Gilman of conspiring with county officials to cut the Florida businessman out of his share of the profits at the legal house of prostitution just east of Reno.
