LAS VEGAS (AP) — Voters say brothels can stay in one northern Nevada county where recently deceased reality TV star-turned-political candidate Dennis Hof owned all four legal bordellos.
The Tuesday advisory vote came after Lyon County commissioners put the question to residents of the county of about 54,000 people east of the state capital, Carson City.
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The campaign originated with claims that brothel workers are exploited. It was overshadowed by Hof's Oct. 16 death. His brothels in Lyon County remain open under a permit granted in 2011 to Suzette Cole.
Hof owned six legal brothels in Lyon and Nye counties. Prostitution is legal in seven rural counties. It is illegal Las Vegas and Reno.