article_snippet: Tackett also said Tackett would get Tackett 'mafia' friends at the Jokers Motorcycle Club to beat Tackett up if the hush money stopped.
article_snippet: The document filed in the United States District Court in Michigan stated he first handed Tackett $30,000.
article_snippet: the family then sent Tackett a letter demanding more installments of $30,000.
article_snippet: According to the documents in one month, Mr Vagnozzi gave Tackett $1.15 million in checks, .
article_snippet: The flow of money, which stopped in 2012, funded Tackett's lavish lifestyle, including a home in Romulus, Michigan, six Harley-Davidson motorcycles, muscle cars, Jet Skis and expensive gifts for his stripper girlfriends.
highlights_snippet: Then began receiving regular payments into Tackett bank account .
  