More Prostitution Charges Filed Against Sayreville Strip Club Owners

SAYREVILLE, NJ — A new round of prostitution and racketeering charges were filed this week against the Acciardi family, which owns Sayreville strip club Club XXXV on Rt. 35.

The new charges come as the New Jersey Attorney General has been investigating Club XXXV and the Acciardi family since 2021, when it was raided by Sayreville Police following numerous complaints of prostitution occurring there.

For several years now, prosecutors have alleged the strip club is actually a brothel and a "family operated prostitution ring," police said last year.

This week, a grand jury voted to file a new round of criminal charges against club owner Anthony Acciardi Sr., his wife Doreen Acciardi, who live in Freehold Township, and their son Anthony Acciardi Jr., who lives in Old Bridge. Another family member, Stephen Acciardi, also of Freehold Township, was also charged.

All of them owned and/or managed Club XXXV, said prosecutors.

As evidence that prostitution was happening at Club XXXV NJ Attorney General Matt Platkin cited the finding of a large bag containing 700 condoms inside club.

There was also a condom vending machine in the club’s locker room, for dancers to purchase condoms, he said. Detectives say customers paid a fee to enter the VIP area for private dances, then had the option of paying additional fees directly to dancers for sex during their time in the VIP rooms. The AG says lubricant and sex toys were found inside the club.

Detectives also found hundreds of hours of video surveillance footage from security cameras throughout the club, which they say showed various dancers performing sex acts on patrons in the VIP rooms.

They also say the club illegally sold alcohol, despite strict NJ state law that prohibits alcohol from being sold at go-go bars. Club XXXV hid liquor in a rear shed on the property, say prosecutors.

“Law enforcement will not look the other way when a business crosses one line after another, in pursuit of obscene and ill-gotten profits,” said Thomas Eicher, director of the NJ Office of Public Integrity and Accountability.

Prior reporting on Club XXXV in Sayreville:

Family That Owns Sayreville Strip Club Charged With Money Laundering (June 2022)

NJ Strip Club Was 'Family-Run Prostitution Ring,' Officials Charge (June 2022)

Shuttered Strip Club Owners Plan To Sue Sayreville (March 2023)

Prosecutors say the Acciardis made more than $10 million from alleged prostitution at the club, and also set up sham businesses to make it look as though the money was legally made.

Also indicted this week include strip club employee Jennifer Hecker, a dancer who allegedly solicited undercover detectives for paid sex acts; Jeannine Nichols, a club manager who is the sister of Doreen Acciardi, and Jason Portes, Nichols’ husband, who was also a Club XXXV manager.

Also new this week is that police say they recovered $720,000 in cash, gold and silver at Anthony and Doreen Acciardi's Freehold Township home. Police say they found $140,000 in cash, plus $283,000 in gold and $297,000 in silver the Acciardi's Freehold Twp. home. They also seized $117,000 in cash, $61,000 in silver, and $47,000 in gold from the Old Bridge home of Anthony Acciardi Jr.

Here are the new charges filed this week:

Anthony Acciardi Sr., 59, of Freehold Township

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Promoting Organized Street Crime - 2nd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree
• Misconduct by a Corporate Official – 2nd Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Tax Return - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Income Taxes - 3rd Degree
• Failure to File Tax Returns - 3rd Degree
• Maintaining a Nuisance - 4th Degree
• Maintaining a Sexually Oriented Business – 4th Degree
• Falsifying Records - 4th Degree

Doreen Livingston, aka Doreen Acciardi, 56, of Freehold Township

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Promoting Organized Street Crime - 2nd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree
• Maintaining a Sexually Oriented Business – 4th Degree
• Misconduct by a Corporate Official – 2nd Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Tax Return - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Income Taxes - 3rd Degree
• Failure to File Tax Returns - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Business Income Taxes - 3rd Degree
• Maintaining a Nuisance - 4th Degree
• Falsifying Records - 4th Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Business Tax Return - 3rd Degree

Anthony Acciardi Jr., 30, of Old Bridge

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Promoting Organized Street Crime - 2nd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree
• Maintaining a Nuisance - 4th Degree
• Maintaining a Sexually Oriented Business – 4th Degree
• Misconduct by a Corporate Official – 2nd Degree

Stephen Acciardi, 26, of Freehold

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Maintaining a Sexually Oriented Business – 4th Degree
• Promoting Organized Street Crime - 2nd Degree
• Maintaining a Nuisance - 4th Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Filing Fraudulent Tax Return - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Income Taxes - 3rd Degree
• Failure to File Tax Returns - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Business Income Taxes - 3rd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree
• Misconduct by a Corporate Official – 2nd Degree
• Misconduct by a Corporate Official – 2nd Degree
• Falsifying Records - 4th Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Business Tax Return - 3rd Degree

Jason Portes, 41, of South Amboy

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree

Jeanine Nichols, 59, of South Amboy

• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree

Jennifer Hecker, 45, of Parlin

• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 2nd Degree
• Theft by Deception - 3rd Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Tax Return - 3rd Degree
• Failure to Pay Income Taxes - 3rd Degree

Acciboys, LLC

• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Racketeering – 1st Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree

35 Club, LLC, d/b/a Club XXXV

• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity – 1st Degree (3 counts)
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree
• Filing Fraudulent Business Tax Return - 3rd Degree

Alana, Inc.

• Conspiracy - 2nd Degree
• Racketeering - 1st Degree
• Promoting Prostitution - 3rd Degree