LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s best-known legal brothel owner is being accused of violating regulations at a property he owns near a southern Nevada desert crossroads outside Las Vegas.
Dennis Hof, holder of licenses for seven of the 21 legal brothels in the state, denied in an interview Tuesday that employees working at his Area 51 Death Valley Cathouse did not have proper sheriff’s work authorization and weekly medical examination documents when a Nye County officer visited in February.
Commission Chairman Dan Schinhofen said Hof could be fined or lose his license for the property in Amargosa Valley, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas.
“These are the rules. He knew what he was supposed to do, and he didn’t do it,” Schinhofen said. “The girls didn’t have (work) cards. One didn’t have a medical inspection. He has a chance to rebut the report. He can call witnesses.”
Hof said the allegations are the result of a misunderstanding by an inexperienced inspector or political payback for his unsuccessful run as a Libertarian last year against Republican state Assemblyman James Oscarson.
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