"I used to work with him believing someday he'll change," says Paras. "But you know what? Instead he turns on me."

When Fleming first tried to get a liquor license for his company, Orpheum of Madison, to squeeze Doane out of the picture, Paras showed up at the ALRC meeting to urge committee members to renew the license for the operating company Doane owns with Fleming.

"We're looking at one guy here who's a bully," he said of Fleming. "He's pushing his way around. Let him bring his financial statement and see if he has the money to take over the Orpheum. The only thing he's doing right now is moving money from one account to another as far as I know."

While addressing the committee, Paras revealed that he has made five offers for the Orpheum in the past, all of them rejected.

Now, if the courts invalidate Fleming's transfer of his assets to Kuzmenko, the Orpheum is Paras' — if he still wants it. While technically Paras would own the whole enchilada, he says the most likely scenario would be a partnership with Doane.

But Paras says the building needs a huge infusion of cash to make it the premier entertainment venue it should be, probably between $750,000 and $1 million.