LINCOLN, Neb. ( Nebraska Examiner ) - The former director of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission and a co-owner of two Lincoln strip clubs both pleaded not guilty this week in a public corruption case alleging the director took money, lap dances and sexual favors at the clubs while working for the state board overseeing liquor licenses.

Former Liquor Commission Executive Director Hobert “Hobie” Rupe faces seven felony charges, three counts of honest services fraud, a charge that a public official or employee deprived the people of their honest work or services, one count of conspiring to commit honest services fraud, two counts of wire fraud and a single count of extortion.

One of his alleged co-conspirators, Brent Zywiec, a part owner of Lincoln strip club The Office and a former c

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