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Later, on [[December 8]], [[2002]], the [[Ranch (brothel)|ranch]] was featured on [[HBO]]'s [[America Undercover]] show special, ''Cathouse''. As of [[2007]], it is the only brothel featured on ''[[Cathouse: The Series]]'', now airing in a monthly second season on HBO from February 2007 to July 2007. |
Later, on [[December 8]], [[2002]], the [[Ranch (brothel)|ranch]] was featured on [[HBO]]'s [[America Undercover]] show special, ''Cathouse''. As of [[2007]], it is the only brothel featured on ''[[Cathouse: The Series]]'', now airing in a monthly second season on HBO from February 2007 to July 2007. |
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[[Porn star]] [[Sunset Thomas]] worked at the BunnyRanch from 2002 until some time in 2004 or 2005 when she broke up with then-boyfriend Dennis Hof. Porn star [[India (porn star)|India]] has also cut down on making adult films to work at the Bunny Ranch, claiming that it was more profitable. Another well-known long-timer is [[Air Force Amy]], arguably the most famous legal American working girl still working today. [[Divine Brown (sex worker)|Divine Brown]], mainly known from her arrest while |
[[Porn star]] [[Sunset Thomas]] worked at the BunnyRanch from 2002 until some time in 2004 or 2005 when she broke up with then-boyfriend Dennis Hof. Porn star [[India (porn star)|India]] has also cut down on making adult films to work at the Bunny Ranch, claiming that it was more profitable. Another well-known long-timer is [[Air Force Amy]], arguably the most famous legal American working girl still working today. [[Divine Brown (sex worker)|Divine Brown]], mainly known from her arrest while servicing film star [[Hugh Grant]], also has worked at the BunnyRanch. |
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Revision as of 16:48, 7 September 2007
The Moonlite BunnyRanch (often misspelled Moonlight, though that is the correct spelling of the road on which it is located) is a legal, licensed brothel in Mound House, Nevada, United States, some 6 miles (10 km) east of Carson City at 39°13′6″N 119°40′15″W / 39.21833°N 119.67083°W. The ranch is owned and operated by Dennis Hof. The BunnyRanch Two, a branch of the company, is located about a mile south of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, very near two unrelated, competing brothels (the Kit Kat Guest Ranch and the Sagebrush Ranch).
History
The brothel now known as the Moonlite BunnyRanch first opened in 1955. It operated discreetly until 1970, when Nevada began regulation of houses of prostitution. Hof, a frequent customer, purchased the business in 1993 for $1 million and invested another $500,000 in upgrading the facilities and decor. With an eye toward legitimizing sex workers, he has declined to call his workers "prostitutes."
The BunnyRanch pays tribute to its profession in its address (69 Moonlight Road) and its local telephone number (ending in 3825, which spelled out on a telephone pad is F-U-C-K).
Dennis Hof subsequently purchased another nearby brothel, then known as Madame Kitty's Fantasy Ranch, located about one mile (1.6 km) to better capitalize on the "BunnyRanch brand name," as he put it.
On April 23, 2001, an article about Dennis Hof and the BunnyRanch appeared in The New Yorker.[1]
Later, on December 8, 2002, the ranch was featured on HBO's America Undercover show special, Cathouse. As of 2007, it is the only brothel featured on Cathouse: The Series, now airing in a monthly second season on HBO from February 2007 to July 2007.
Porn star Sunset Thomas worked at the BunnyRanch from 2002 until some time in 2004 or 2005 when she broke up with then-boyfriend Dennis Hof. Porn star India has also cut down on making adult films to work at the Bunny Ranch, claiming that it was more profitable. Another well-known long-timer is Air Force Amy, arguably the most famous legal American working girl still working today. Divine Brown, mainly known from her arrest while servicing film star Hugh Grant, also has worked at the BunnyRanch.
Trivia
- The Moonlite BunnyRanch was featured as a supposedly "haunted house" in an episode of Proof Positive.
- There is a historical marker on the premises, found just inside of the property's main gate, as the ranch is located near a stop on the original Pony Express.
- Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler and governor of Minnesota, wrote in his autobiography I ain't got time to bleed that he visited the Bunny Ranch in the 1970s; he claimed to have had sex and received $10 in return for his Navy SEAL belt.
- In June 2003, Hof announced that the first 50 servicemen who showed up at his brothel after returning from the Iraq war would get a free session of sex; for another 50 days, all returning servicemen would receive a 50% discount. A similar offer of free sex was made to 200 soldiers around Thanksgiving 2005. This was an attempt to implicitly advertise the ranch, since official prostitution ads on TV or radio are not legal in the state.
- In July 2003, Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, a regular customer of the BunnyRanch, was charged with battery after a prostitute at the ranch alleged that he grabbed her around the throat and threw her against a wall [2].
See also
References
- ^ Rebecca Mead. Letter from Nevada - American Pimp - How to Make an Honest Living From the Oldest Profession. The New Yorker, 23 April 2001
- ^ "Motley Crue Singer Accused Of Attacking Prostitute". MTV News. 2003-07-30. Retrieved 2006-09-16.