Cordell Lochin, partner in L.E.S. cabaret The Box, Nolita's reservation-impossible La Esquina, and the 205 club, will soon be getting an invite-only box of his own. His other venture-a drug-smuggling ring!-has gotten him 39 months in jail, plus a fine of $35,000. Well, that explains the Box and La Esquina getting raided on the same night. Frequented by the likes of Gisele, Uma Thurman, socialite Fabiola Beracasa, Cuba Gooding Junior, artist Damien Loeb, Atoosa Rubenstein, Lydia Hearst, and Lance Armstrong, the Box hasn't been edgy for like, months. However, a drug-smuggling sentence of one of its backers might make it cool again-at least for a few weeks. [Guest of a Guest]

Guest of a Guest got their hands on legal docs charging Cordell Lochin (who, with Serge Becker, is a major backer of the Lower East Side hotpost The Box) of running a drug smuggling operation. In the filing, the government alleges the operation ran Montreal-grown pot over the border—the docs say Lochin handled the operation's distribution in New York City. He has been charged with conspiracy to import marijuana, conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana and money laundering. He pleaded guilty to the first two counts and will be sentenced in two weeks.