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22 lines
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- Organization
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- Nightclub
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- Belgium
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- Brussels
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- 1980s
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- 1990s
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- Marc_Dutroux
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category: "Private Organization"
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summary: "Le Dolo was a nightclub in Brussels managed by Michel Forgeot, where Jean-Michel Nihoul connected with figures from what were described as the 'clean professions."
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Le Dolo was a nightclub in [[Brussels|Brussels, Belgium]] managed by [[Michel Forgeot]], where [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] connected with figures from what were described as the "clean professions." [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] was a quasi-underworld figure who brushed shoulders with prominent politicians and officials at Le Dolo. The venue served as a hub for [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]]'s network, where group sex parties were held and attended by influential politicians and officials. [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]] claimed to have the government in his hands and boasted about his guest list. Photographs and film recordings were made of these gatherings, providing material for blackmail.[^1]
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### Connection to ASCO
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[[Michel Forgeot]], the manager of Le Dolo, was also a founder of [[Achats Services Commerces]] (ASCO), the car business operated by [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]] and his companion [[Marleen De Cokere]]. Other ASCO founders included [[Jean-Louis Delamotte]], an old acquaintance of [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]] from the Brussels sex party scene. The Dolo served as a meeting place where [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]]'s criminal connections intersected with legitimate business and political figures. X2, a witness in the [[X-Dossier]], was familiar with the Dolo nightclub and [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]], and identified [[Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin]], [[Jean-Paul Dumont]], Count [[Count Maurice Auguste Lippens|Maurice Lippens]], and Count [[Count Leopold Lippens|Leopold Lippens]] among attendees at high society sadomasochist child sex parties around Belgium.[^1]
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An analysis of the original file into the murder of [[Christine Van Hees]] showed there was a real chance that [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]] and Van Hees had crossed paths at the beginning of 1984. [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]] was active at a free radio station called Radio Activite, located above the swimming pool where [[Christine Van Hees]] used to swim every week. The old file contained a never-exploited testimony against [[Jean-Michel Nihoul|Nihoul]]'s stamping ground Le Dolo.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.
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