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Taxman’s paws kept off personal gifts to stripper
Court says $2 million ex-dancer got from client is not taxable
Aug 21, 2009 04:30 AM
Sidhartha Banerjee
The Canadian Press
MONTREAL–In a legal showdown against a tax-wary former stripper, it’s the Canada Revenue Agency that’s been caught with its pants down.
The legal saga over $2 million in undeclared revenue began at Chez Parée, a pricey Montreal strip club patronized over the years by scores of wealthy executives and visiting athletes, including some prominent Hockey Hall of Famers.
Martine Landry, a dancer there, was particularly popular with one rich, elderly customer who developed a relationship with her.
He showered her with gifts worth about $2 million over the years: a Corvette, money to buy a BMW, eight fur coats, jewels, a vacation, cash to buy a big downtown bar and get out of the dancing business, and $168,000 in $1,000 bills for a down payment on a house. He would often give Landry his winnings from a Montreal casino.

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