INDIANAPOLIS - Prosecutors presented damning evidence in the trial of former City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman, who is accused of taking a bribe to help bring a new strip club to the city.

It appears to show Plowman accepting $5,000 from an undercover agent posing as a developer who needed help with zoning to open the club.

The following is a transcript of one of the recordings presented as evidence against Plowman.

Agent: Here.

Plowman: My word's my bond, I don't have anything else.

Agent: I know, I know, man.

Plowman: All right.

Agent: Here. Five grand.

Plowman: All right.

Agent: And I know you're going to make it happen for me. I know you will.

Plowman: You know, There's no guarantees in life, but we're going to give it a shot.

Plowman was the council's Republican majority leader in 2009 when prosecutors say he asked for cash to help with zoning issues. His attorney says he had a legitimate side-business as a consultant to local strip clubs.