The untold part of this story is Mandells ties to the Russian/Polish human trafficing trade, which have fed these strip clubs with dancers for years. He worked with this POS Lituanian who is knownn as as "Alex" who can still be seen holding court at Grand Dukes on N harlem in Summit on any given Saturday night.
So what's your take...Mandell acting as muscle for Elmwood or did the writers misinterpret his words?
I think he was acting on behalf of Elmwood park because there has always been ties between the elmwood park crew and the Russians and between the Russians and Mandell. The Russians have never made a secret of the fact that they have wanted to control the adult industry in Chicago, and if a deal could have been brokerd with the elmwood crew, it could be very lucerative.
That's some inside information. The Russians haha. Fuck I heard it was the Columbians!
