Police officers arrest a worker at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel and end the confrontation with another worker after gunshots are fired
- Police were called to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel after gunfire was reported
- An employee shot another employee and hid in the room
Police arrested a worker at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada, ending an altercation with another worker.
Officers were called to the scene at 9.37pm last night after reports of gunfire following an argument between two colleagues.
When police arrived, several more gunshots were heard and officers immediately began evacuating the Carson City brothel, the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
An employee fired the shots before retiring to one of the rooms at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel, the sheriff’s office said.
The police officers called in reinforcements and the Crisis Negotiation Team, SWAT team, police officers and firefighters were at the scene.
Police officers arrested a worker at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada and ended a standoff with another worker (brothel file photo)
After a nearly three-hour standoff, the employee turned herself in to police at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday and was arrested. There were no reports of injuries.
The sheriff’s office said anyone with information about the case is urged to contact the Investigative Division at (775) 557-5206 or email [email protected].
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel, which opened in 1955, is one of Nevada’s estimated 20 licensed brothels – as the state is the only place in the US where someone can legally pay for sex.
The sex workers are regularly tested for STDs and HIV/AIDS and receive the necessary work cards from local law enforcement agencies after passing an FBI background check.
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch Brothel was founded by Dennis Hof, who had half a dozen brothels in the two counties and starred in the HBO adult reality series Cathouse.
Hof, who wrote a book called The Art of the Pimp and called himself Trump of Pahrump, died in 2018.
Jesse Ventura, former Minnesota governor and former professional wrestler, wrote in his 1999 autobiography I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed that he frequented and had sex at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel in the 1970s.
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch Brothel was founded by Dennis Hof (above with some of his workers in 2008), who had half a dozen brothels in the two counties and starred in the adult HBO reality series Cathouse.
The Moonlite Bunny Ranch logo is on a door of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Mound House, Nevada
Hof was also in the spotlight in 2015 when former NBA player Lamar Odom was found unconscious after a four-day, $75,000 stay at Hof’s other brothel, Love Ranch, in Crystal, Nevada.
In 2003, a prostitute at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in the Lyon district accused Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil of grabbing her by the neck and throwing her against a wall.
Neil later argued against a battery charge, but Hof claimed the woman made up the story.