Secrets of the Bunny Ranch

He was so proud of Cathouse, it hurt him deeply

when it was pulled from the air.

Without Cathouse to make him relevant,

he became more and more desperate

to get into the media.

He was upset about the county upping the rates

for licensing, and he got a suggestion,

"Well, why don't you run for office and solve that?"

If Donald Trump can do it, I can do it.

Hi, I'm Dennis Hof,

and I'm running for District 36.

And I thought...

he's just, you know, looking for free publicity.

Dennis Hof is our new Republican.

Man, his ego was through the roof.

He survived off of very little sleep.

He exhausted himself and his staff...

running for office.

He had won the primary,

so he thought he was totally untouchable.

Dennis has raped so many women

who haven't reported their crimes.

But when Dennis was running for office,

several women did come forward.

The new girl.

She went to the hospital and got a rape kit.

And the state police got involved.

Mr. Hof is extremely rough with her.

The police found out that Dennis was sending women

on these illegal out dates.

If Mr. Hof is found guilty of these crimes,

he's not coming home. He's gonna die in prison.

I was the madam for Dennis Hof's

southern operations...

which included Love Ranch Vegas.

Love Ranch Vegas...

is in the middle of the desert.

There's nothing out there.

And the clients go there for safety.

And anonymity.

How'd that work out for Lamar Odom?

Former NBA star, Lamar Odom,

is fighting for his life after he was found

unresponsive at a Nevada brothel.

I was on a hiatus during

the Lamar Odom incident.

When I got back to the Love Ranch Vegas...

it was a...

a shattered brothel.

There were no customers coming.

Dennis was very upset.

Most of the women left.

Business just died, and I couldn't figure out,

how can they keep the lights on?

I pledge allegiance to

the flag of the United States of America.

The Board of County commissioners are the ones

who create laws for the county.

Item 16, Town of Pahrump.

Resolution 20-17-02.

We vote on laws, we vote on policy.

We also oversaw liquor licenses

and brothels.

Are there any corrections?

If not, then we'll attain a motion.

When I saw it on the on the local news

that Lamar Odom OD'd,

that really kind of keyed me into,

we're not watching the brothels real well, guys.

And I expect people who have privilege licenses

to follow law, follow the rules.

So, I got the other commissioners

to agree that we need to, like,

update our brothel ordinance.

We need to, like, raise the fees.

We need to make sure they're being checked on.

That, you know, the properties are...

safe for customers.

Hof and his acolytes came to a meeting

and screamed and yelled.

Quiet, Dennis.

Dennis, Dennis, you want to talk,

come up here and speak on the mic.

Behave yourself.

What was his problem?

The other brothels didn't, didn't balk.

But Hof, he was, he was just incensed.

Around 2016-ish,

Cathouse is essentially off the air.

HBO, they say that there's not a demand for it

on television anymore because people can get

that type of content elsewhere,

like in streaming, you know, digital media.

But I really think it's about HBO solidifying

its brand as a prestige cable network.

The world of Cathouse

is not consistent with the types of sort of

high-quality dramas

that HBO was now known for.

He was so proud of Cathouse.

It hurt him deeply when it was pulled from the air

and they are no longer selling DVDs.

I mean, he's an admitted narcissist.

Uh, he loved to be adored.

He loved the spotlight, he loved money.

And the Cathouse series gave him all of that.

After Cathouse, Dennis had a really

hard time getting in the, the media.

I mean, the radio shows didn't want him.

TV shows didn't want him.

It was always the same old bull

and nobody was interested.

So, now without Cathouse to make him relevant,

he became more and more desperate

to get into the media.

He was on the phone while I was there,

and he was upset about

the county upping the rates for the licensing,

and all of his fees, and...

he got a suggestion from the person on the other end of

the line, "Well, why don't you run for office and,

and solve that?"

I think it was Tucker Carlson was on the one that said,

"Dennis, you can't complain about it unless

if you're willing to do something about it."

In Nevada, we have an assembly

and we have a senate.

When I heard he was gonna run for state legislature...

and calling himself a Republican, I thought...

he's just, you know, looking for free publicity,

'cause this Republican party,

they'll never accept this pompous...

blowhard pimp.

He's a huckster, he's a conman.

They've gotta see it.

Dennis Hof is our new Republican.

I want to thank Dennis for joining the party

and being supportive of where we're gonna be

going in the future.

They didn't see it.

Dennis, he's not political.

So, he donated equally to Democrats and Republicans.

But Republicans have a better shot

where he was running,

so that's why he picked the Republican party.

I joined the Republican party.

I've done all the right things.

They're supporting me.

Hi, I'm Dennis Hof,

and I'm running for District 36 Assembly.

I was a working girl at Dennis Hof's

Love Ranch Vegas for 5 years,

and Dennis Hof's girlfriend.

Dennis and I...

got really close...

when he started running for state assembly

in Southern Nevada.

I was by his side during his whole campaign.

He's got this big billboard

with his picture on it, with his dog,

and his horse, and his ranch,

and he's got a cowboy hat on with his gun,

and everybody has to go by and see a picture of him.

And he's getting all that attention.

He loved people to love him.

And, with the Cathouse series

basically off the air...

the circles of girls that were around him

were shrinking.

And this politics

was filling in the gap for him.

When I found out Dennis Hof was running for office,

I was angry.

So, I did go in front of the commissioners to try to

let people know what type of person he was.

Hi, my name is Jennifer O'Kane,

and I drove from Battle Mountain, Nevada to, um,

sit in front of you today.

We're in a county commission meeting, and...

Jennifer O'Kane, at public comment,

came and spoke.

She began to recount

a rape accusation against Hof.

I'm gonna read something to you

so I don't go squirrel.

Ah, so please bear with me, okay?

Thank you very much for allowing me

to address you today.

My name is Jennifer Lynn O'Kane.

She began to recount