---
category: Private Organization
location: Brussels, Belgium
summary: Le Dolo was a nightclub in Brussels managed by Michel Forgeot, where Jean-Michel
  Nihoul connected with figures from what were described as the 'clean professions.
tags:
- Organization
- Nightclub
- Belgium
- Brussels
- 1980s
- 1990s
- Marc_Dutroux
---

Le Dolo was a nightclub in [Brussels, Belgium](/places/brussels/) managed by [Michel Forgeot](/people/michel-forgeot/), where [Jean-Michel Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) connected with figures from what were described as the "clean professions." [Jean-Michel Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) was a quasi-underworld figure who brushed shoulders with prominent politicians and officials at Le Dolo. The venue served as a hub for [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/)'s network, where group sex parties were held and attended by influential politicians and officials. [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) claimed to have the government in his hands and boasted about his guest list. Photographs and film recordings were made of these gatherings, providing material for blackmail.[^1]

### Connection to ASCO

[Michel Forgeot](/people/michel-forgeot/), the manager of Le Dolo, was also a founder of [Achats Services Commerces](/organizations/achats-services-commerces/) (ASCO), the car business operated by [Jean-Michel Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) and his companion [Marleen De Cokere](/people/marleen-de-cokere/). Other ASCO founders included [Jean-Louis Delamotte](/people/jean-louis-delamotte/), an old acquaintance of [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) from the Brussels sex party scene. The Dolo served as a meeting place where [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/)'s criminal connections intersected with legitimate business and political figures. X2, a witness in the [X-Dossier](/events/x-dossier/), was familiar with the Dolo nightclub and [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/), and identified [Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin](/people/baron-benoit-de-bonvoisin/), [Jean-Paul Dumont](/people/jean-paul-dumont/), Count [Maurice Lippens](/people/count-maurice-auguste-lippens/), and Count [Leopold Lippens](/people/count-leopold-lippens/) among attendees at high society sadomasochist child sex parties around Belgium.[^1]

An analysis of the original file into the murder of [Christine Van Hees](/people/christine-van-hees/) showed there was a real chance that [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) and Van Hees had crossed paths at the beginning of 1984. [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/) was active at a free radio station called Radio Activite, located above the swimming pool where [Christine Van Hees](/people/christine-van-hees/) used to swim every week. The old file contained a never-exploited testimony against [Nihoul](/people/jean-michel-nihoul/)'s stamping ground Le Dolo.[^1]

[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.