Scottie Ewing

Swapping Names

Sugar House Lounge marks its first birthday

Sizzling Sugar House fires up Sugar House Grill

Scottie Ewing, who last year opened the Sugar House (a nightclub/martini lounge billed on its website as "the classy Denver Colorado swinger club") at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, now has something else cooking there: the Sugar House Grill. The restaurant adjunct to the lounge ... More >>

Is this the sexiest lunch in Denver?

Late last week, the big banner went up on the Sugar House, Scottie Ewing's controversial club at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, proclaiming that as of June 1, it would be serving "Denver's sexiest lunch." What, a special on New York strip? Salad, hold the dressing?

Absinthe Minded

Sugar House Denver

Maloney’s Tavern

The feeling of nostalgia is thick at this new LoDo destination.

Come Out Swinging

With this much press, Scottie Ewing doesn't need to advertise for his swinger-friendly Sugar House.

Pour It On

Art goes dry.

Exhibitionists

The legal issue involved a simple lease. But when the two parties met in a Denver courtroom, one really came out swinging.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 4/19/2007

Andre the Giant

Michael Andre was larger than life -- even in death.

License to Chill

More lofty ambitions from Scottie Ewing.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 6, 2006

Snow Job

Will the real Bobby Fenton please stand up?

Swap Talk

A feud between two clubs has local swingers hot and bothered.

Scottie Ewing, pro skier and swinger, on a slippery slope with the IRS

​Scottie Ewing has had quite the career. While still a pro skier, he became an entrepreneur, starting a number of businesses that promoted partying... and prostitution. I first encountered him when he'd opened a swingers' club, the Sindicate, in a very unlikely spot -- the arts district on Nav ... More >>

From burgers to bed-hopping: Watch your Sugar intake!

Sugar House employees showed off their uniforms last fall.​Be careful when you search for Sugar House. If you want the restaurant at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, which touts its big burgers -- and calls itself the "sweet spot" for lunch and happy hour -- you want the Sugar House Grill.. If you wa ... More >>

Scottie Ewing fiasco draws attention to "Carl Bernstein of the shady Denver nightclub beat"

Scottie Ewing and friend.​Local pro-skier-turned-swinger-magnate Scottie Ewing grabbed headlines after federal charges were filed against him last week for allegedly failing to pay taxes on the Denver Sugars and Denver Players Club, a high-end prostitution service he owned and sold in 2005. Al ... More >>

Scottie Ewing, swinger entrepreneur, pleads guilty to tax evasion for prostitution business

A former Denver Sugar girl.​The really wild ride of Scottie Ewing, former ski pro turned porn purveyor and swinging entrepreneur, took another turn yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion in connection with the sale of the Denver Sugar/Denver Players prostitution business ... More >>

Brenda Stewart, Denver Players/Sugar owner & ex-escort, indicted for tax evasion, racketeering

Large photos below.​This week, Brenda Stewart was indicted on charges related to tax evasion, racketeering, money laundering and more in relation to Denver Players/Sugar, a notorious escort business. A former escort known to her staff as "Katrina Carter" or simply "Carter," Stewart potentiall ... More >>

Celebrity Santas whose laps we fear to sit on

​Aside for obvious problems with suspension of disbelief -- how are we going to pretend Chris "The Birdman" Andersen is Santa when we already know he's The Birdman? -- hiring a celebrity to play Kris Kringle can create a slew of dissonance and mildly disturbing associations, particularly if th ... More >>

Brad Mitchell, Scarlet Ranch bartender, latest to allege excessive force by Denver Police officers

CBS4​There are no shortage of excessive-force complaints against Denver Police officers these days, as our reporting about cases involving Michael DeHerrera, Alex Landau, Nick Lynch and others demonstrates. The latest? A threatened lawsuit by Scarlet Ranch bartender Brad Mitchell, who claims c ... More >>

Scottie Ewing cuts a deal in a federal tax-evasion case

CBS4​There are no shortage of excessive-force complaints against Denver Police officers these days, as our reporting about cases involving Michael DeHerrera, Alex Landau, Nick Lynch and others demonstrates. The latest? A threatened lawsuit by Scarlet Ranch bartender Brad Mitchell, who claims c ... More >>

Scottie Ewing gets 6 months home detention, can't kick reporter's ass until summer

Big pic below.​Scottie Ewing, ex-owner of a prostitution business dubbed Denver Players/Denver Sugar, has received six months home detention in a plea deal related to the tax evasion and racketeering case against another Denver Players/Denver Sugar principal, Brenda Stewart. Which means he can ... More >>

Sugar House building is for sale -- but the swingers club is staying put

Sugar House, from the for-sale ad.​Want to own a slightly used swingers' club? The building that houses Sugar House, the restaurant/bar/(very) short-time hotel, is now for sale for $1,200,000, according to this ad on Loopnet. "This is a freestanding building with a fully equiped Restaurant/Ba ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution-article reporter waiting for mainstream outlet to pick up story

Michael Hancock.​On Friday, we pointed to a CompleteColorado.com post claiming that mayoral frontrunner Michael Hancock's name and number had been linked to Denver Players, the prostitution ring that ensnared Judge Edward Nottingham. This morning, we'd hoped to talk to the site's Todd Shepherd ... More >>

Scarlet Ranch, Scottie Ewing, Michael Hancock, Denver Players & the swingers story that lives on

Scottie Ewing.​Old swinger stories never die. Late Thursday, Complete Colorado broke a story about Michael Hancock allegedly being one of the clients of Denver Players, the prostitution/escort business that three years ago ended the career of Chief Judge Edward Nottingham -- the only name tha ... More >>

Michael Hancock or Chris Romer: Voters not sure... especially on if it makes a difference

​Even after millions of dollars have been poured into the Denver mayoral campaign, and endless words poured out at debate after debate, I kept hearing from friends yesterday who were still undecided on who they should vote for.

Scottie Ewing-Michael Hancock link, election day break-in & the swing king's tangled past

Scottie Ewing.​Michael Hancock's election took place against a bizarre backdrop. A Complete Colorado piece alleging a link between Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham was ignored by mainstreamers, but it blew up on talk radio. On Monday, K ... More >>

Brenda Stewart, who fronted prostiution ring linked to Michael Hancock, cops a plea

A past Player.​Amid the controversy over a report tying just-elected Denver mayor Michael Hancock to Denver Players, the prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham, much of the attention has focused on previous Players owner and alleged burglary victim Scottie Ewing. But there ... More >>

Scottie Ewing details computer theft, media interest in Michael Hancock-Denver Players link

Scottie Ewing.​Swing-club king Scottie Ewing has become a central figure in alleged links between newly elected mayor Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham. When the Denver Post reported that a computer and files were stolen from his ... More >>

Michael Hancock & Denver Players prostitution ring: Bound for an Anthony Weiner moment?

Hancock on 7News.​Update below: Yesterday, former Denver Players owner Scottie Ewing claimed that "EVERY reporter in Denver" wanted a look at records he said linked mayor-elect Michael Hancock to the prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham -- and plenty obviously did. Last ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution ring story: CBS4 exec on why station hasn't reported it yet

Hancock.​Both 7News and Fox31 are now reporting about the alleged link between mayor-elect Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring. But many major news agencies are still holding off. Why? CBS4 news director Tim Wieland explains his station's reticence to move forward with th ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution-ring link: Alleged broken pledge in mayor-elect/9News/Post spat

Michael Hancock.​The alleged link between mayor-elect Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring was kept relatively quiet before Hancock's victory. But even after 7News and Fox31 joined in reporting the story on Thursday, the Denver Post and 9News held off. What made them finall ... More >>

Michael Hancock: Prostitution-ring case taken over by feds as Denver cops get some distance

Michael Hancock.​At this point, Denver Police Department reps aren't saying why they handed over the Denver Players prostitution investigation to the feds. But no need to exhume Nostradamus to figure it out. After all, there are approximately a gazillion reasons why the DPD would want to put ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution-ring story: The hilariously inconclusive phone records review

Hancock on 9News.​The story linking mayor-elect Michael Hancock to the Denver Players prostitution ring has turned into an absurdist comedy. Note that from 3:35 p.m. yesterday to 12:57 a.m. this morning, a team of ten editors, reporters and researchers from the Denver Post and 9News examined H ... More >>

Top five ways to make your "Anthony Weiner" look bigger in photos

Congressman Weiner's infamous boomstick.​Between Scottie Ewing's Michael "Handcock" affair and Congressman Anthony's "Weinergate," our elected officials have kept the headlines hot and their constituencies (and probably their wives) as cold as a case of Otter Pops over the last couple of weeks ... More >>

Michael Hancock has shortest honeymoon ever thanks to ex-Denver Players king Scottie Ewing

​When I picked up the Denver Post yesterday, with the big headline "Nothing incriminating in Hancock cell records" across the top of the front page, I was quickly transported back to the first edition of the Cornell Daily Sun I helped edit, when the night editor insisted the headline on a sto ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution link story can't go away fast enough for all concerned

Michael Hancock.​The latest developments in the story linking mayor-elect Michael Hancock to the Denver Players prostitution biz suggest that everyone who's been slimed by it so far wants it to be over immediately if not sooner. And who's at the front of the the parade along with Hancock hims ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution story: CBS4, 7News reject conditions to look at phone records

Michael Hancock.​Folks at the Denver Post seem ready to put the alleged link between mayor-elect Michael Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring in the rearview mirror after reviewing the candidates cell-phone records. But while the Post accepted the Hancock team's conditions to exam ... More >>

Chickens in Denver neighborhoods: City Council takes on the urban homesteading clusterpluck

​The fight over the current urban homesteading movement can sometimes seem as heated as the battles between homesteaders and cattle ranchers on the frontier 130 years ago. And the feathers will be flying tonight at Denver City Council chambers, as members consider putting a chicken in every p ... More >>

Michael Hancock prostitution story: Denver Post editor Greg Moore on paper's coverage

Michael Hancock.​Unlike former Rocky Mountain News editor John Temple, who penned a weekly column for years, Denver Post editor Greg Moore seldom writes pieces for the paper. But he made an exception Sunday with an item that attempted to explain the Post's approach to the claims allegedly link ... More >>

National Western Stock Show subject of a range war between Denver and Aurora

​While Denver City Council was approving a proposal to turn the city's back yards into a barnyard, Aurora was attempting to rustle the National Western Stock Show. The city dangled a $300 million incentive to lasso the annual event for a new complex that would be built by Denver International ... More >>

Brenda Stewart: Ex-Denver Players owner cops plea, 69 other counts dropped (VIDEO)

CBS4​Last month, we shared reports that ex-Denver Players/Denver Sugar owner Brenda Stewart would cop a plea -- and at a hearing yesterday, the agreement was formalized. In exchange for her pleading guilty to a single count of tax evasion, prosecutors dropped an appropriate number of other cha ... More >>

Scottie Ewing on Finca Bellavista: "Right On"

​There's no denying that what Crested Butte couple Erica and Mateo Hogan is doing in Costa Rica is pretty cool: Spurred by their love of the rain forest, they bought up some 300 acres of it and created a fully sustainable Swiss Family Robinson-style tree-house community complete with zip-lines ... More >>

Sugar House has changed hands, but it's still business as unusual

​Mayor Michael Hancock celebrates his first hundred days in office today. Compared to the controversy that marked the last few days before the June mayoral runoff -- when the web and talk shows were full of never-proven rumors that Hancock had been a client of Denver Players, a prostitution bu ... More >>

Michael Hancock's 100 day anniversary present: Scottie Ewing is moving to Las Vegas

Scottie Ewing.​Denver blog posts, in black and white. Over at Cafe Society, Patricia Calhoun reports that Michael Hancock nemesis Scottie Ewing is planning a move to Las Vegas by year's end. Happy 100 day anniversary, Mayor! Coyote Gulch: Clock's ticking on keeping global warming below 2C. ... More >>

Michael Hancock celebrates 100 mostly sunny days in a "world-class city"

Michael Hancock.​Michael Hancock has good timing. He was in the right place, right time when Denver voters were looking for someone, anyone but Chris Romer to be mayor, and managed to edge out James Mejia, the other leading someone. And even as Snobama was descending on the city, Mayor Hancoc ... More >>

Deborah Sherman's departure from 9News powers up the rumor mill

Deborah Sherman.​Yesterday, Patti Dennis, news director at 9News, sent an e-mail to staff informing them that correspondent Deborah Sherman, who'd been at the station for nearly a decade, was no longer an employee -- and assistant news director Tim Ryan declines to add details. This dearth of ... More >>

Denver Players prostitution ring: Denver Police release client records in heavily censored form

​In June, political observers wondered if Mayor Michael Hancock would be damaged by alleged links to the Denver Players prostitution ring. But the story petered out, and Denver Police's release of client lists and more, on view below, is unlikely to revive it, for reasons that frustrate Comple ... More >>