WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — A Las Vegas dancer being sued by a Washington County man who says she executed an "extensive, fraudulent scheme" that cost him millions of dollars has responded.
The lawsuit claims Fred Brunner, president of Springdale manufacturing company Brunner & Lay, was going through a divorce in 2014 and "decided to go to a Las Vegas gentleman's club to smoke a cigar and have a few cocktails."
That's where he met a woman.
The woman, who was reportedly a dancer, "made a significant amount of money from Brunner that night ... and learned Brunner was far wealthier than her normal patrons — wealthy enough to change her life," the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit claims the woman communicated with him daily while scheming to "form a make-believe relationship" with the ultimate goal of getting as much money out of him as possible.
In a motion to dismiss the man's lawsuit, the woman says Brunner's statements are "riddled with falsehoods and entirely without merit."
Over ten years, Brunner claims the "woman hoodwinked him into thinking they were in an exclusive, romantic relationship." During this time, the lawsuit says she accepted a house and several trips funded by Brunner. Brunner also claims he would send financial support to the woman at "her specific request."
In her response, the woman says Brunner's lawsuit was only filed to harass her, and that he admitted to hiring escorts while they were together. "Brunner is angry and upset that [she] ended their relationship and found someone new. He is using the court system to exact revenge."
"Contrary to her countless representations to Brunner, the woman was in fact in a romantic relationship with another man in Las Vegas," the lawsuit says.
The woman concludes that Brunner believed his generosity with money would make her "obligated to be available to him and remain committed to him until he decided otherwise."
Additionally, the lawsuit claims the woman gave some of Brunner's money to the other man.
Brunner is seeking compensation and punitive fees from the woman amounting to over $35,000,000, according to the lawsuit. The woman is requesting the lawsuit be dismissed.
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