D.C. Alleges AIDS Charity Used City Aid to Start Strip Club

The attorney general in the District of Columbia sued an AIDS charity he says used more than $300,000 in city money to open a strip club, says The Washington Post.

Irvin B. Nathan, Washington’s attorney general, seeks more than $1-million in damages from the charity, Miracle Hands, and its executive director, Cornell Jones.

According to the lawsuit, Mr. Jones received the money from the city to renovate a Northeast Washington warehouse he owned for use as a job-training center for people with AIDS. The training center never opened and the site is now a nightclub called the Stadium Club.

Mr. Jones no longer owns the property. The current owner, James Redding, told WUSA the property was a rundown building when he bought it 18 months ago and that Mr. Jones is not involved with the nightclub.

Mr. Jones could not be reached for comment, The Post said.