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Topless club tab results in AE suit

American Express is suing the CEO of a communications company for a credit card tab of $241,000 worth of disputed charges at a Manhattan topless club. Court papers state American Express says in October 2003, Savvis Inc. chief executive officer Robert A. McCormick and at least three other men were in Scores.

The lawsuits says after McCormick received the $241,000 corporate credit card bill, Savvis called American Express and complained that some of the charges were fraudulent. The company says its chief disputes all but about $20,000.

The club in question entertains men who are known to men spend thousands of dollars on single bottles of champagne and tip strippers as much as $10,000 for lap dances. The lawsuit filed against McCormick and Savvis is at least the third in the past two years involving contested credit card charges at Scores.