American Express isn't ready to strip this charge from the bill.

The company is suing the head of a communications company for $241,000 in credit card charges at a topless club in New York. The customer, Robert McCormick, disputes the charges.

American Express said he was in the club, called Scores, in October 2003 with at least three other men. After the bill came in from American Express, McCormick's company -- Savvis -- called and complained that some of the charges were fraudulent.

According to the lawsuit, McCormick admits spending about $20,000, but no more. The company said he's "the victim of fraud."

This is at least the third lawsuit in the past two years involving contested credit-card charges at the club. After a lawsuit last year, a representative of the club said "high rollers" can spend thousands of dollars on single bottles of champagne, and can tip strippers as much as $10,000 for "lap dances" and spending time with them.