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‘Swingers club’ at heart of Bullhead City suit

BULLHEAD CITY — An employee of Bullhead City says she was sexually harassed at work and passed over for a promotion because she refused to join a “sex swingers” clique at work, according to a recent lawsuit.

The five-page complaint comes from Rusti Holguin, a public works employee who says she was subjected to profane comments, touching, pornographic emails on city computers and solicitations to join the clique.

She was denied a promotion after she reported the incidents. The city also did its own internal investigation, and its 300-page report supported her claims.

Phoenix lawyers Tod and Bradley Schleier are representing Holguin.

Hells Angels target NYC fashionistas

NORTHERN ARIZONA — The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is suing a New York-based clothing company and its distributor for allegedly misusing one of the club’s logos on products sold throughout Northern Arizona.

The squabble centers on the number 81. Twenty years ago, the gang adopted the “81” logo for things like hats, beanies, shirts, jackets, bikinis and other items that were sold to the public by club chapters. The logo stands for the Hells Angels because “H” and “A” are the eighth and first letters in the alphabet.

Clever, eh?

Less clever, the gang’s lawyer claims, was the alleged ripoff for unrelated apparel that Company 81 was making in New York and selling through Houston-based Stage Stores in Bullhead City and Show Low.

In its four-page complaint, the gang is claiming trademark infringement. It says the sale of these goods could “mislead and confuse the public” that the goods were approved by the gang or local chapters. It has asked both companies to cease, but neither obeyed.

Fritz Clapp, a California attorney based in Maui, is representing the Hells Angels.