December 11 Toronto Raymond Diemer […]

When

1981-12-11

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December 11 Toronto Raymond Diemer, Georgia -based co-owner of the Club Baths chain, surrendered at 52 Division and was charged with conspiring to keep a common bawdy house, conspiring to possess property obtained by crime, and selling obscene material. The charges stemmed from the February 5 raids on the Barracks and Club Toronto bathhouses. Diemer had originally been charged on April 22, 1981, but was out of the country; he was released on his own recognizance and given a court date. On September 24, 1984, during a preliminary hearing for the conspiracy charges, the Crown decided not to proceed, offering the defendants plea bargaining opportunities. All charges against George Hislop and Peter Maloney were dropped in return for an agreement that they would not sue for malicious prosecution. The charges against the others were dropped in exchange for guilty pleas to one charge each. Raymond Diemer pleaded guilty to keeping a common bawdy house, the Barracks, and was fined $30,000. Jerry Levy pleaded guilty to keeping a common bawdy house, the Club Baths, and was fined $8,000. Rick Stenhouse pleaded guilty to possessing obscene material for distribution, and was fined $2,000.

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