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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Current Report</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) Of</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Date of Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;February 28,
2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; line-height: 115%; text-align: center">001-13992</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; line-height: 115%; text-align: center">76-0037324</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; line-height: 115%; text-align: center">(State Or Other Jurisdiction&nbsp;of Incorporation)</TD>
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Including Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(281) 397-6730</P>

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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%">OTHER EVENTS</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">As
the Company previously reported in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, in September 2011, the Company and
its CEO were sued in Travis County, Texas, 126<SUP>th</SUP> Judicial District Court, by a shareholder, Diane McElroy, who alleges
damages as a result of her alleged inability to sell shares on the open market due to restrictive legends which she alleges the
defendants failed to remove in a timely manner. Mediation of this matter failed on February 28, 2012, and the matter will proceed
with a trial setting of April 2, 2012. The plaintiff alleges damages of $8,500,000 for the loss of value of her stock, as well
as unspecified damages for all actual economic, direct, indirect, special and incidental damages, including punitive damages and
disgorgement of the alleged benefit the Company received from the sale of its own stock. </FONT>While the Company denies any liability
in this matter and is vigorously defending all allegations, if we do not prevail and a final judgment is rendered against us, substantially
all of this claim would not be covered by insurance.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="line-height: 115%">RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;March 2, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; line-height: 115%">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Eric Langan</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; line-height: 115%">Eric Langan</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) Of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report:  February 28,
2012
RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)
Texas
001-13992
76-0037324
(State Or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
10959 Cutten Road
Houston, Texas 77066
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
Including Zip Code)
(281) 397-6730
(Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
ITEM 8.01
OTHER EVENTS
As
the Company previously reported in its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, in September 2011, the Company and
its CEO were sued in Travis County, Texas, 126
th
Judicial District Court, by a shareholder, Diane McElroy, who alleges
damages as a result of her alleged inability to sell shares on the open market due to restrictive legends which she alleges the
defendants failed to remove in a timely manner. Mediation of this matter failed on February 28, 2012, and the matter will proceed
with a trial setting of April 2, 2012. The plaintiff alleges damages of $8,500,000 for the loss of value of her stock, as well
as unspecified damages for all actual economic, direct, indirect, special and incidental damages, including punitive damages and
disgorgement of the alleged benefit the Company received from the sale of its own stock.
While the Company denies any liability
in this matter and is vigorously defending all allegations, if we do not prevail and a final judgment is rendered against us, substantially
all of this claim would not be covered by insurance.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date:  March 2, 2012
By:
/s/  Eric Langan
Eric Langan
President and Chief Executive Officer