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yielded an address of Via Liguria 38. Our research of “Via Liguria 38” returned information for
the “Cica Cica Boom” club and the Hotel Caprice.
When we asked MG Lewis in his interview which establishment he visited in Rome that
night, he said he visited a dance club named “Verafollia.” Italian public business and telephone
directories list Via Liguria 38, Rome as the address for both Verafollia and the Cica Cica Boom
club. The results also included other business entities for Via Liguria 38, but none corresponded
with MG Lewis’ description of the dance club he visited that night.
An Italian public business directory listing for Verafollia provided a link to the
company’s Internet web site. The web site link directed to the URL http://cicacicaboom.it/. 11 A
street view of Via Liguria 38 depicted two establishments with street level access at Via Liguria
38 – the Cica Cica Boom club and the Hotel Caprice. (Figure 5)
The Cica Cica Boom club’s website describes a night club with a floor show and lap
dancers, an “elegant night club in the heart of the sweet life.” The website also notes that the
club has a “comprehensive weekly program that hosts the most famous sexy stars of the
moment” and a “[p]iano bar, lap dance dancers, excellent resident DJ, soft lighting and a stage
dedicated to refinement and style.” According to our research, the Cica Cica Boom club is
within a short walking distance from the delegation’s hotel.
MG Lewis told us that he used his GTCC at a club he identified as “Verafollia” in Rome
on October 7, 2015; however, he denied patronizing the Cica Cica Boom club. He stated that the
club “Verafollia” he patronized was “less than 10 minutes” from the delegation hotel and that he
did not know the club’s location prior to taking a walk to “clear his head.” When asked if he
asked directions from a passerby on the way to the club, MG Lewis told us “I think that is
probably right.”
MG Lewis recalled seeing the word “dance” on the club’s “neon-type” sign. He added
that he had never heard of the club or saw the club before he arrived there that evening.
MG Lewis told us he could not retrace his steps of that night or provide the location of the club
that he patronized.
MG Lewis described the club:
[I]t was later that night that I left out of the hotel and walked down
to this place…. DJ in there, bar area, sitting area, dance floor, does
not have like, stripper poles or something. You know … it’s a
dance place. You could smoke in there.… A place where people
dance. I actually danced. And then there’s seating areas, you
know, with couches and tables and stuff like that.
He characterized the club as a “local setting.” He added that he spent some time at the
club in a group setting with approximately seven “locals,” most of them female. He said
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The URL http://cicacicaboom.it/ directs to a broken link. The Cica Cica Boom club’s website’s current URL is
http://cicacicaboom.com.