Category: Dennis Hof

This past May, I was accused of violating Nye County brothel laws because authorities believed that medical cards at one of my brothels were not in order. This turned out to merely be a misunderstanding and charges against me were eventually dropped.

While no one appreciates being charged with a violation they did not commit, I understand that law enforcement officials are often times aggressive when it comes to Nye County brothels. Nevada is the only state that allows for legal prostitution and no one wants unscrupulous individuals to slip through the cracks and take advantage of the system. If our law enforcement officials are lax when it comes to brothels, the excellent reputation of our adult entertainment industry could be sullied by dishonest brothel owners, and a well-established industry that supports taxpaying sex workers, courteous clients, and a fine community could be in jeopardy.

As I currently explore selling one or more of my brothel properties, and acquiring others, I was reminded of something that may have been ignored by county officials for quite some time: It appears that several of the individuals who have a vested interest in the Nye County brothels not owned by me may be reaping the benefits of co-ownership without being properly vetted by the county.

This bothers me, especially when you take into consideration that my name was recently all over the papers over accusations that were not only unfounded, but arguably less grave than having veiled investors in brothel businesses. 

You see, the cornerstone of Nye County’s legal prostitution industry is a portion of the law stating that “Every person wishing to engage in the business of conducting a house of prostitution” must undergo a “full investigation” by the Sheriff. This ensures that the business is pure and aboveboard from the top down, and that no businessperson with ill intentions will be even partially involved with an establishment that could, if ill-run, negatively impact the health, safety, and reputation of the sex workers, clients, and local community.

I currently own three of the five brothels in Nye County. This crucial aspect of Nevada brothel law, the vetting of all owners associated with a brothel via a thorough investigation, may not be observed by the Nye County bordellos not owned by me. Through my recent business discussions, I’ve come to understand that there may be several investors in the two non-Hof brothels that have not undergone proper scrutiny from county officials. 

It is true that I am a somewhat polarizing figure in this state, and, yes, some of the residents of Nye County may have beliefs and views that are contradictory to my own. But I strongly feel that you know I am a person who stands firm for what he believes in, and that I will defend my employees, my businesses, and my political views publicly and with a great deal of audacity. The situation with basketball star Lamar Odom’s overdose at one of my brothels two years ago, which was not the fault of my brothel staff, is a good example of my fortitude under intense scrutiny and pressure. The sex workers in my employ know what kind of man they’re partnering with. They trust me to be authentic, transparent, and forthright as a businessman. More importantly, my employees know that they work for a person with a trusted and vetted background.

People of Nye County, you may love me. You may hate me. But you know me. You know me as a Nevada resident of 42 years. You know me as a local businessman. You know me as a nationally publicized media personality. And you know me as person with political aspirations and high hopes for the future of Nye County.

So, in the interest of ensuring that the County is as wonderful a place to live as we strive for it to be, I put these questions to you, the residents of Nye County: Who owns your brothels? Do these clandestine investors live in the state? Do they even live in the USA? Do they have criminal records? 

Do you care? You should — and so should your County officials.

_{Photo of Chicken Ranch by BrianRedbeard at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons}

Today, just before 4:00 AM this morning, a disgruntled former trucking company employee wearing full body armor backed a stolen 18-wheeler truck into the front entrance of the Bunny Ranch brothel in an apparent sadistic attempt to gain notoriety. Thankfully, no one was injured as a result of this maniacal terrorist attack and the perpetrator was apprehended by police. America’s most beloved working girls are shaken by this horrific incident, but they are not deterred from their mission to deliver incomparable sexual pleasure to horny people across the globe.

Rest assured, this unfortunate incident has not affected my business. My world famous brothel is OPEN and will continue to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! Nothing will impede us in providing the finest sexual services on planet Earth! 

A few of the Bunny Ranch ladies tell their stories about yet another odd occurrence in Bunny Ranch history. Entice Love initially thought the attack was just the ice machine…

Summer Sebastian, a pregnant sex worker, believed she was awakened to the usual celebratory sounds of a night at the sex palace…

Mikki Lynn, still a bit delirious, was with a customer at the time of the attack…

Below are some images of the horrific event…

Bunny Ranch brothel owner Dennis Hof here! I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Raiders’ owner Mark Davis, the other NFL owners, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on making a great decision to move the Men in Black to Las Vegas!

As you know, I’m debuting “Pirate’s Booty,” the world’s first sports brothel, inspired by the Raiders, to coincide with the launch of the new football stadium in Sin City. This legal bordello will be a safe haven for athletes and their fans to explore all of their deepest sexual desires in a sex-positive and sports-loving environment. It’s going to be heaven on Earth for football fans — and I guarantee you no establishment will throw a better Super Bowl party.

Be that as it may, I strongly feel that we have a chance here to accomplish something more meaningful than merely inaugurating our sure-to-be-successful business ventures. I think that we can work together to eradicate the prostitution-related issues faced by the National Football League, and build a scandal-free future for your sex-starved NFL players. Eugene Robinson, Lawrence Taylor, Quentin Groves, and Warren Sapp are just a handful of NFL players that could have benefitted from satisfying their urges with a licensed working girl at a legal brothel instead of breaking the law and taking their chances with illegal prostitutes.

Roger, NFL owners, I’d like to offer you the opportunity to make my new sports brothel the “Official Brothel of the National Football League” and begin a new era where prostitution no longer tarnishes the impeccable image of the NFL and its unparalleled sportsmen.

By doing this, we can send a message to America about the merits of safe, healthy, and drama-free legalized prostitution, get every state in our nation to legalize sex work, and put a licensed sex den near every sports stadium in the U.S.A.

Say “yes” to my offer, and let’s work together to make the sports world a better place! The reputation of the NFL is at stake…

Hey @nflcommish! I’m the answer to all of your prostitution problems. Let’s make it official! https://t.co/kasiWR9qH0 pic.twitter.com/rdF98VpfnA

— Dennis Hof (@DennisHof) April 18, 2017

Today, while being interviewed for a morning radio program, I was asked about how the ridiculously popular dating app Tinder is affecting my legal brothel businesses. I’ve never spoken about this subject before, but the conversation I had this morning has me thinking about how Tinder positively impacted Nevada’s legal prostitution industry — and why Nevada-style sex-for-pay is a better option for sexually active people looking for a hot hookup.

With over 100 million downloads and well over 10 million daily users, Tinder is pretty much the top dating application out there, and, let’s be honest, it’s primarily utilized by men and women looking for a quick lay. Tinder is like a worldwide singles bar that you can enter at any time — a meat-market that fits in your pocket — and it’s a platform that strongly encourages and helps facilitate casual sex encounters. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? At first glance Tinder may seem like a magic wand that can miraculously conjure up nookie whenever its users get the urge, but Tinder is no Bunny Ranch. The dating app is doing sex-seekers more harm than good, and I believe Tinder is one of the reasons why my prostitution business is on the upswing. Here are a couple of reasons why…

Tinder Increases the Rate of STD’s — My Brothels are Disease-Free

Tinder-inspired hookup culture is encouraging casual sex but not encouraging safe sex. I own two legal brothels in the Las Vegas area, the Love Ranch and Alien Cathouse. Over the past two years, business at these cathouses has been booming. One reason why so many Las Vegas tourists are frequenting my legal brothels is because Vegas reported a significant increase in sexually transmitted diseases from 2015 to 2016.

When this STD outbreak was first reported, I was baffled as to why it was happening. When one of my working girls explained to me how Tinder was reinventing the casual encounter, it rapidly became clear to me why dating apps are actually boosting the brothel business. The sexual stupidity Tinder encourages is not only causing an unprecedented and unnecessary STD epidemic in Sin City, but also frightening Vegas tourists. It’s easier than ever for Las Vegas vacationers to make the decision to visit my STD-free sex dens. Tinder has turned Vegas into a playground of disease and paranoia, so my medically-tested prostitutes are more in-demand than ever.

Tinder Reduces Self-Esteem — My Girls Boost Self-Esteem

Tinder allows users to quickly review dozens of profiles with one finger by simply “swiping.” A swipe to the right indicates interest, a swipe to the left is means rejection.

According to a 2016 study presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Tinder users have lower self-esteem than non-users. Because Tinder functions to encourage rapid rejection of people that users consider unattractive, the study found that “male and female users reported less satisfaction with their bodies and looks.”

This is horrible! Isn’t hooking up and having great sex supposed to make people feel good about themselves? No wonder men and women are flocking to my working girls. People are desperately seeking passionate lovers who will treat them with the respect they deserve as human beings. Tinder users want to be with sex partners who will boost their self-esteem, not destroy it. The beautiful women who work in my brothels are experts at treating their customers like they want, need, and deserve to be treated. When a customer leaves one of my establishments, he or she will have a spring in their step and will have the confidence to take on the world.

Tinder is at best an ineffective tool that harms the very people it’s designed to assist, and at worst a plague on mankind. I believe that we have yet to see the long-term negative psychological effects of Tinder on society. I’m just glad that I can provide a valuable service to the thousands of lost and dissatisfied Tinder users who visit my brothels every day. Maybe it’s time for me to finally launch my Bunny Ranch hookup app…

Dear Mayor Goodman,

My name is Dennis Hof, and I’m in the prostitution business. For nearly fifty years prostitution has been legal in many of Nevada’s rural counties in the form of licensed and regulated brothels, where sex workers practice their trade safely, profitably, and free from coercion. I own seven brothel licenses, more than anyone else in Nevada’s history — three of which are in Nye County near Las Vegas. 

I bought my first brothel, the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, in the mid-1990’s and I’ve spent the better part of my life as the most outspoken figure in Nevada’s legal sex industry. I’ve had a long-running television program on HBO, written a book about my experiences, and I’m often in the media championing (or defending) Nevada’s unique and progressive prostitution laws.  

This platform has been my life’s work. I believe that I’ve changed the perception of American prostitution forever and brought Nevada’s brothels out of the shadows and into the limelight, where all Americans can see the good that these establishments do for sex workers, clients, business owners, and rural communities.

This past October, I turned seventy. While I’m proud to reflect on my accomplishments over the decades as a successful and uncompromising businessperson and legal sex work advocate, I’m saddened to realize how much work there is yet to be done. 

Recently a study from Arizona State University shined a bright light on the reality of Las Vegas sex trafficking victims. The study showed that, in 2014, two-thirds of victims were under the age of 18, and nearly half of these children were violently forced into sex slavery by coercive pimps who are often not convicted of any crime. The study revealed that victims were as young as 12 years old.

Our State’s most prized city is a cesspool of child sex trafficking, and it’s worse than any of us thought.

Las Vegas, with its “Sin City” reputation and “What happens here, stays here” slogan, is the top sex tourism destination in the United States. The casinos, hotels, and streets of Las Vegas are overflowing with criminal prostitutes, a good portion of them underage, ready to cater to the sexual desires of the city’s guests. The gaming industry passively enables pimps, as sex trafficking victims service the guests staying at the opulent adult theme parks Las Vegas is known for. 

Prostitution and gaming are why people come to Vegas, and both industries work together in harmony. So what if one of these industries is illegal and harms children? There are billions to be made!

The criminal sex trade in Las Vegas is indeed an estimated multi-billion dollar industry. It’s untaxed, unregulated, and it exploits children. The desire for pay-to-play sex in Las Vegas isn’t going to go away — ever. Prostitution is as much a part of the DNA of Las Vegas as the city’s gaming industry. So how do we cultivate a thriving Vegas economy and simultaneously stop sex trafficking? Well, America has made this mistake before. Remember Prohibition? 

From 1920 to 1933 it was illegal to make or sell alcoholic beverages in the U.S.  But did that stop people from drinking? Heck, no. Instead, the Immutable Law of Good Intentions kicked in, meaning we made what was perceived as a bad situation worse.

Once liquor became a crime, it didn’t stop people from drinking. Instead, criminals took over the business. It drove the consumption of alcohol by consenting adults in the freest country in the world underground, while giving rise to violent mobsters.

Bye-bye tax revenue; hello Murder, Inc.

Has the prohibition of prostitution stopped sex work in Sin City?  Absolutely not. Instead, we’ve driven the world’s oldest profession underground while giving rise to violent pimps.

Bye-bye tax revenue; hello child sex slaves.

Earlier in this decade, then-mayor Oscar Goodman advocated for discussing the possibility of allowing legalized prostitution in Clark County. He was brave enough to admit that the city has a profound sex trafficking problem, and bold enough to suggest that legalization may be a good solution. 

In light of this most recent study, I strongly feel that it’s high time we reopen the discussion on legalizing prostitution in Clark County. I invite you, Mayor Carolyn Goodman, to meet with me and tour my Love Ranch brothel near Las Vegas, so that I can dispel any of your misconceptions about the merits of legal prostitution. Then, perhaps together, we can lead the charge against sex trafficking, and usher in a new era of regulated, safe, and lucrative sex tourism in Las Vegas.

I’m proof that Nevada’s fifty-year legal prostitution experiment is an unqualified success. Let’s stop child sex trafficking in Las Vegas, increase tax revenue, and provide the city’s tourists with a safe and healthy adult entertainment experience. 

Las Vegas visitors want prostitution. Let’s give it to them, the right way.

Sincerely,

Dennis Hof

While First Lady Melania Trump files her third defamation suit against the Mail Online over a 2016 article that accused her of having once been a prostitute, I’m stepping up to clear her name once and for all, by offering free sex for life at my legal brothel to anyone who can prove Trump was a working girl.

I don’t believe she was a prostitute, and I’m going to get to the bottom of this by offering a prize worth millions to anyone with information about Melania’s professional sexual history — a lifetime supply of complimentary sex at my Bunny Ranch.

Understand this: There is NO WAY the First Lady could have been a sex worker…and I’m an expert!

Prostitutes are compassionate, warm women who are able to convincingly play the role of their client’s girlfriend.  Melania is an icy shrew who wears her emotions on her sleeve. She can’t even convince the American public that she isn’t absolutely disgusted by her husband — just look at her face in that viral inauguration video as she reacts to the President, absolute detestation.

There is a difference between a gold digger and a prostitute, and Melania Trump is no prostitute. She just doesn’t have what it takes to work at the Bunny Ranch.

Free sex at the Bunny Ranch is an offer that no person has ever refused, especially politicians, business leaders, and VIP types who may know a little about the President’s wife.  If I don’t get a response in a few weeks, my point is proven — she’s no hooker.

As far as the August 2016 story claiming she was a sex worker, I actually don’t see why the First Lady is so upset.

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s fake news, but the First Lady should be flattered to be called a sex worker. My working girls are empowered women who make a fine living on their own terms — and they never have to marry a man they detest in order to make ends meet. 

Photo of Melania Trump by DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Backpage.com, the number one resource in America that facilitates hookups between unscreened customers and illegal prostitutes–including forced child prostitutes–has shut down its adult services section.

To which I say, good riddance scumbags!

It was recently revealed that Backpage.com moderators were instructed to routinely delete incriminating words from the website’s ads, and that the site filtered out terms like “teenage” and “school girl” so that it would be less-obvious that the site was a tool for sex traffickers seeking to use Backpage.com’s vast reach to advertise sex with minors. After a brutally incriminating report from a Senate panel and mounting pressure from the government, Backpage.com closed its adult ad section, crying “censorship,” and vowing to continue to fight for its right to exist.

Well, I have a message for Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer: Give it up! It’s over!

Change Is On The Horizon

The revelation that the people who run Backpage.com are morally bankrupt individuals who, through their business practices and procedures, worked to support sex traffickers for years, speaks volumes about the dangers of not having regulated prostitution throughout the United States. It’s time to take a good, hard look at the cesspool that is the illegal prostitution industry, and start to change things for the better.

There are really no such things as “escort agencies,” “sugar dating” websites, and the like — these are merely fronts and euphemisms used by criminal pimps, sex traffickers, and unregulated prostitutes to hide from the law. Well, this week we learned that they can’t hide forever.

I strongly believe that law enforcement will continue its assault against the illegal sex industry, and that the days of our elected officials “looking the other way” and allowing prostitution to illegally occur in the casinos of Las Vegas, the hotels of New York City, and in every dark alley and abandoned building across this great land, will soon be over. There is too much at stake for Spitzer-like officials to practice hypocrisy while children are being exploited.

The shuttering of Backpage.com will mark the beginning of the crumbling of America’s modern illegal prostitution infrastructure, and reinforce the necessity that prostitution be legalized throughout the United States, beyond the rural areas of Nevada where regulated prostitution has proved to be a successful, safe, and sustainable socio-economic construct for consenting adults desiring to engage in pay-for-play sex.

Legalize prostitution across America. Do it. Now! Legal Nevada brothels have been operating for nearly fifty years, proving that regulated prostitution works. It works to ensure that no underage person is employed as a prostitute. It works to assure that no person engaging in legal prostitution has any chance of contracting a sexually transmitted disease. And it works to protect the safety and health of the adults who participate in this age-old trade.

Take prostitution off the streets and away from the child traffickers and put it in the hands of lawful businesspersons like myself. Let the end of Backpage.com be the beginning of a new age in adult entertainment, and mark a future where sexual adventure is legally available to adults everywhere – while our children sleep safely at night.

I am thrilled to read the announcement from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding yesterday’s arrest of Carl Ferrer, the CEO of Backpage.com, as a result of a joint investigation by the offices of the Texas and California attorneys general. The investigators uncovered evidence that Backpage ads significantly contributed to the forcing of adult and child sex trafficking victims into illegal prostitution.

Hopefully, this arrest will lead to a total and absolute shutdown of Backpage.com, a despicable online advertising platform that serves as a primary tool for those seeking to engage in the exploitation and trafficking of human beings for sexual purposes.

As someone who has devoted a considerable portion of my life to the fight against sex trafficking, I praise the Texas and California attorneys general for finally taking action against the owners of this insidious website. I also commend Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart for his recent efforts, which let to the dissolution of a business relationship between Backpage and major credit card companies. Additionally, I applaud the San Francisco FBI for the 2014 shutdown of myredbook.com, a similar, albeit much smaller, sex trafficking platform.

These efforts against illegal prostitution web platforms are valiant and they may have some impact, but, I’m sorry to say that these arrests and website takedowns are ultimately only a half-measure in the fight against sex trafficking. Such measures fall short of offering any kind of alternative for the millions of independent, adult sex workers that make their living as courtesans, and are exposed every day to the potential threat of coercive pimps, violence, and sexually transmitted diseases. These sex workers, the working girls who have willingly chosen to enter this age old profession, deserve the right to ply their trade in a safe, regulated, and profitable environment.

If all you do is shut down a website, it just results in the pimps and girls going to another website, or even worse, turning to dangerous street-walking hooking. Government officials have to offer an alternative path for adult sex providers to earn a living–many have families, are going to college and supporting love ones. My brothel business model puts the illegal pimps out of business, stops underage girls from working illegally, and ends sex trafficking, period!

The only rational solution is to legalize prostitution nationwide, using the Bunny Ranch brothel as the model for how regulated, safe and secure bordellos can serve the needs of working girls, and their customers alike.

As I sit here writing this statement, my thoughts are drawn to one of our courtesans, Magenta Rose. Magenta operated as a sex worker in the illegal realm for a few years, and was raped and mistreated by predatory individuals who took advantage of her situation as a criminalized and marginalized woman. Now she operates in the safety of one of my licensed brothels as a legal businessperson who contributes to her community and provides for her family. There are millions of women like Magenta in the United States who deserve the right to operate legally as sex workers if they so choose.

I can’t do it alone. I only have so much space in my seven Nevada brothels for these enterprising sex workers. It’s time to make a big change and do the right thing: Legalize prostitution across America and put Bunny Ranches in every state in the USA. The time is now!

Licensed prostitutes at my world famous Bunny Ranch brothel are getting a mouthful from their elderly customers about the rapidly elevating prices of drugs like Viagra, Cialis, & other sexual performance enhancers, prompting them to take action to get the federal government to come to their aid.

The 540 independent contractors who comprise my workforce have launched an online petition, asking the federal government to implement price controls on the drugs that have seen their costs increase 500%.  The rising prices of the pills are actually affecting our clients’ discretionary budgets, and its effects are starting to trickle down onto the prostitutes themselves.  Prescription drug price controls are something that liberal politicians have long been in favor of, and Nevada’s sex workers are ready to join the call for action – and, frankly, so am I.

This is a drug that is necessary to a lot of older Americans, and when big pharmaceutical companies are allowed to run amuck unregulated, it’s always the ones most in need who pay the price.  I’m tired of the unreasonably high costs of these medications, and I want my government to do something about it.  I’m proud that my girls at all seven brothels that I own are leading the charge.

I have worked hard my entire life to become financially successful, and as a result, I have the means to provide for myself and any needs that I may have.  I empathize with the challenges of aging, and the fact that not everyone is in the fiscally comfortable position that I’m in means that it’s going to be a lot harder on some than it will be on others.

My sex workers are asking all their clients to sign the online petition, and to use social media to spread their word.  One of our courtesans put it best when she said, “Our elderly patrons have earned the right to ask us to exercise understanding when it comes to their medical needs, and we’re standing firm for them.”

Sign my petition – and if you have any questions for me or the ladies regarding this crucial issue, I’m always available at dennis (at) bunnyranch (dot) com.