LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's best-known legal brothel owner is accusing officials in rural Nye County of suspending his license to operate his property closest to Las Vegas to retaliate against him for running for political office.
Dennis Hof said Tuesday the closure of his Love Ranch Vegas on Sunday stems from his bid for the Republican nomination to unseat incumbent GOP state Assemblyman James Oscarson.
A spokeswoman for Oscarson, Laura Billman, denied the assemblyman has anything to do with Hof's case.
Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly says Hof's brothel license was suspended after a hearing last week about renovations without permits to trailer homes in which prostitutes work.
Hof has three brothel licenses in Nye County, where he currently operates two properties.
His northern Nevada property, the Moonlite BunnyRanch, was the subject of a cable TV series called "CatHouse."