From www.lvrj.com – Former Palomino strip club owner Luis Hidalgo Jr. and his son Luis Hidalgo III were sentenced today to life in prison for the 2005 slaying of a former employee.

The pair will be eligible for parole after 20 years.

During a sentencing hearing, Hidalgo Jr. maintained that he wasn’t involved in the plotting and killing of Timothy Hadland, 44, a former doorman at the Palomino Club.

Authorities said the Hidalgos had Hadland killed because he was talking badly about the club to cabdrivers, which in turn cost the club thousands in lost revenue.

“I had nothing to do with his death,” Hidalgo Jr. said.