THE DOLCE GROUP: It Takes Le Deux to Tango

We hope you’re hungry because Melissa is serving up a whole meal this episode! She introduces us to a Big Brother duo (Mike Boogie Malin and Will Kirby) who take their strategic partnership out of the house and into a collection of Los Angeles restaurants…restaurants you surely remember from the early 00’s when stars like Linsday Lohan, Audrina Partridge and Britney Spears showed up to see and be seen. But the restaurant life wasn't all paparazzi and publicity. From Belly to Ketchup, Le Deux and The Lemon Basket, The Dolce Group’s restaurants faced multiple lawsuits with increasingly higher stakes, and Mike and Will’s conflict only escalated when The Amazing Race came calling. Despite their sweet name, The Dolce Group’s legacy will forever be soured by Mike’s incessant appetite for more money and his inability to take no for an answer. Here’s what the hosts are watching as of today’s episode: Melissa: Down with Love Netflix Rebekah: The Deepest Breath, Netflix Follow us on social media! We are @criminalityshow on IG/FB + Twitter, but mostly just IG. You can say hi and tell us what you’re watching: [email protected] Enjoy the show? Please rate/review then share with a friend because loving REALITY isn’t a CRIME! https://pod.link/criminality Check out our website: https://www.criminalityshow.com/ SOURCES: YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKA02eMrodw HEAVY https://heavy.com/entertainment/big-brother/chilltown-mike-boogie-malin-will-kirby-arrest-threats/ https://heavy.com/entertainment/big-brother/mike-boogie-malin-arrested-dui-drugs/ https://heavy.com/entertainment/big-brother/chilltown-mike-boogie-malin-will-kirby-arrest-threats/ LA EATER https://la.eater.com/2007/11/1/6810437/dolce-owner-celebrates-red-sox-win-in-denver-jail https://la.eater.com/2011/10/6/6645883/lemon-basket-has-gone-sour-now-closed https://la.eater.com/2007/3/21/6817993/breaking-ketchup-opens-tonight https://la.eater.com/2007/3/15/6818161/you-need-a-lot-of-tomatoes-to-make-ketchup-tara-reid-restaurant TMZ https://www.tmz.com/2007/11/02/mike-boogies-his-way-to-the-big-house/ https://www.tmz.com/2011/08/03/big-brother-mike-boogie-malin-lonnie-moore-shereen-arazm-extortion-geisha-house-llc-hollywood-restraurant-group-marty-singer-lawyer-phone-tap-email-hacking/ LA WEEKLY https://www.laweekly.com/clubland-empire/ COURTHOUSE NEWS https://www.courthousenews.com/reality-tv-star-called-a-fraudster/ PLAINSITE https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/2tkwmsmlh/superior-court-of-california-county-of-los-angeles/skyeanne-smith-v-lonnie-todd-moore-et-al/ DAILY NEWS https://www.dailynews.com/2008/08/08/woman-alleges-rape-at-hollywood-nightclub-sues/ CASETEXT https://casetext.com/case/hilty-v-moore-2 LA-IST https://laist.com/news/food/seven-questions-with-the-dolce-grou LA TIMES https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-03-ca-monitor3-story.html W MAGAZINE https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/les-deux-los-angeles-club-history-explainer US MAGAZINE https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/big-brothers-dr-will-kirby-reacts-to-mike-boogie-malin-sentence/  DAILY MAIL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9644503/Big-Brothers-Mike-Malin-guilty-stalking-star-Dr-Kirby-sentenced-two-year-probation.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices