Cleveland Strip Clubs: North Shore Door owner pleads guilty for role in ODOT bribery
But in a report completed last year by Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles, Charles accused O’Donnell of hosting an annual “ODOT Boat Day” on his 36-foot boat for himself, ODOT officials, vendors and Cleveland strippers, all of whom would spend a day “drinking, swimming and frolicking.”
The report said O’Donnell was trying to win the favor of Dennis Kratochvil, the ODOT district facilities manager, and the district equipment manager, Terrence Kosmata.
Kratochvil and Kosmata have not been charged in connection with the allegations, although Kratochvil has pleaded not guilty to an allegation that he threatened a witness in the case.
O’Donnell declined to comment Wednesday but said last month that the allegations against him centered on money he paid to help fund Christmas parties thrown by ODOT workers at Cleveland strip clubs.