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He was so proud of Cathouse,
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when it was pulled
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Without Cathouse to
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he became more
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to get into the media.

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He was upset about the
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for licensing,
and he got a suggestion,

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

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

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Hi, I'm Dennis Hof,

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and I'm running
for District 36.

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And I thought...

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

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Dennis Hof is our
new Republican.

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Man, his ego was
through the roof.

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He survived off of
very little sleep.

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He exhausted himself
and his staff...

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running for office.

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He had won the primary,

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so he thought he was
totally untouchable.

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Dennis has raped
so many women

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who haven't reported
their crimes.

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But when Dennis was
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several women
did come forward.

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The new girl.

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She went to the hospital
and got a rape kit.

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And the state police
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Mr. Hof is extremely
rough with her.

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The police found out that
Dennis was sending women

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on these illegal
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If Mr. Hof is found
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he's not coming home.
He's gonna die in prison.

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♪ [moody pop]

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♪ You put me under
the covers. ♪

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♪ For all the world
to see. ♪

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♪ But I never recovered. ♪

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♪ You never
cared about me. ♪

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♪ So now you're
being uncovered. ♪

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♪ I kept all
the receipts. ♪

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♪ You and all
of the others. ♪

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♪ Under a fantasy. ♪

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I was the madam
for Dennis Hof's

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southern operations...

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which included
Love Ranch Vegas.

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Love Ranch Vegas...

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is in the middle
of the desert.

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There's nothing out there.

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And the clients
go there for safety.

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And anonymity.

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How'd that work out
for Lamar Odom?

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[News] Former NBA star,
Lamar Odom,

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is fighting for his life
after he was found

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unresponsive at
a Nevada brothel.

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[Sonja] I was on
a hiatus during

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the Lamar Odom incident.

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When I got back to the
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it was a...

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a shattered brothel.

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There were no
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Dennis was very upset.

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Most of the women left.

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

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how can they keep
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[Commissioners]
I pledge allegiance to

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the flag of the
United States of America.

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The Board of County
commissioners are the ones

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who create laws
for the county.

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Item 16,
Town of Pahrump.

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Resolution 20-17-02.

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We vote on laws,
we vote on policy.

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We also oversaw
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and brothels.

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Are there any corrections?

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If not, then we'll
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When I saw it on the
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that Lamar Odom OD'd,

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that really kind of
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we're not watching the
brothels real well, guys.

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And I expect people who
have privilege licenses

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to follow law,
follow the rules.

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So, I got the
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to agree that we
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update our
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We need to, like,
raise the fees.

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

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That, you know,
the properties are...

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safe for customers.

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Hof and his acolytes
came to a meeting

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and screamed and yelled.

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[Commissioner]
Quiet, Dennis.

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Dennis, Dennis,
you want to talk,

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come up here and
speak on the mic.

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Behave yourself.

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[Dan] What was his problem?

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The other brothels
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But Hof, he was,
he was just incensed.

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Around 2016-ish,

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Cathouse is essentially
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HBO, they say that there's
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on television anymore
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that type of content
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like in streaming,
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But I really think it's
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its brand as a prestige
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is not consistent with
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high-quality dramas

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that HBO was
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He was so proud
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It hurt him deeply when
it was pulled from the air

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and they are no longer
selling DVDs.

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[Sonja] I mean, he's an
admitted narcissist.

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Uh, he loved
to be adored.

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He loved the spotlight,
he loved money.

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And the Cathouse series
gave him all of that.

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[DeAnne] After Cathouse,
Dennis had a really

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hard time getting
in the, the media.

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

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TV shows didn't want him.

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It was always the
same old bull [beep]

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and nobody
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So, now without Cathouse
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he became more
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to get into the media.

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[Sonja] He was on the phone
while I was there,

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and he was upset about

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the county upping
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and all of his fees, and...

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he got a suggestion from the
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the line, "Well, why don't
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and solve that?"

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

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"Dennis, you can't
complain about it unless

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

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[Dan] In Nevada,
we have an assembly

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and we have a senate.

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

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and calling himself a
Republican, I thought...

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

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'cause this
Republican party,

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they'll never accept
this pompous...

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blowhard pimp.

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

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They've gotta see it.

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Dennis Hof is our
new Republican.

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[applauding]

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I want to thank Dennis
for joining the party

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and being supportive of
where we're gonna be

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going in the future.

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[Dan] They didn't see it.

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[Sonja] Dennis,
he's not political.

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So, he donated equally to
Democrats and Republicans.

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But Republicans
have a better shot

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where he was running,

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so that's why he picked
the Republican party.

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[Dennis] I joined
the Republican party.

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I've done all
the right things.

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They're supporting me.

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Hi, I'm Dennis Hof,

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and I'm running for
District 36 Assembly.

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Dennishof.com.

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[Paris] I was a working girl
at Dennis Hof's

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Love Ranch Vegas
for 5 years,

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and Dennis Hof's
girlfriend.

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Dennis and I...

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got really close...

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when he started running
for state assembly

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in Southern Nevada.

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I was by his side during
his whole campaign.

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[Sonja] He's got
this big billboard

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with his picture on it,
with his dog,

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and his horse,
and his ranch,

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

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

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And he's getting
all that attention.

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He loved people
to love him.

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And, with the
Cathouse series

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basically off the air...

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the circles of girls
that were around him

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were shrinking.

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And this politics

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was filling in
the gap for him.

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When I found out Dennis Hof
was running for office,

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I was angry.

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

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let people know what
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Hi, my name is
Jennifer O'Kane,

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

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sit in front of you today.

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[Dan] We're in a county
commission meeting, and...

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Jennifer O'Kane,
at public comment,

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came and spoke.

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She began to recount

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a rape accusation
against Hof.

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[Jennifer] I'm gonna
read something to you

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so I don't go squirrel.

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Ah, so please bear
with me, okay?

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[sighing]

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Thank you very much
for allowing me

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to address you today.
[clearing throat]

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[voice breaking] My name
is Jennifer Lynn O'Kane.

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[exhaling sharply]

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[Dan] She began to recount

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a criminal accusation.

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As, as the chairman,

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you shouldn't
let that go on,

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and I turned to the chairman
at the time and told him,

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"We really need
to cut her off."

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[Commissioner]
J-J-Jennifer. Jennifer?

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[Jennifer] Yes, sir?

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Having to say in front
of the commissioners,

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"I was raped,"
is the most

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humiliating thing
you can imagine.

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But then to be told...

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to stop it, I can't even
describe how I felt.

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[Commissioner] I know
where you're getting ready

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to go to.
I really appreciate it.

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Don't leave the building.
Just sit and relax.

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[Jennifer] Okay.

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[Commissioner]
Again, thank you, Jennifer.

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I know where
you're going.

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[Commissioner]
Thank you.

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[Dan] We knew what she
has to say is important,

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but we can't let
her continue.

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She needs to go to the
Sheriff and the DA.

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And that's what happened.

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♪

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[Jennifer speaking]

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[Jennifer] It was
horrible when I was

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a working girl
for Dennis Hof.

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So, I told the police

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that Dennis Hof raped me.

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Dennis Hof had intercourse
with me without a condom.

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I gave them all of the
information and told them

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how I went to the madam
right afterwards,

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and I said,
"He just raped me."

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[Jennifer]

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[Detective Brainard]

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[Jennifer]

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[Detective Brainard]

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[Jennifer]

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[Detective Brainard]

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[Jennifer]

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[Detective Brainard]

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[Jennifer]

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[Jennifer] And,
uh, we talked...

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for a very long time.
They did listen to me.

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Every crime
has to have evidence,

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even the most emotionally
compelling ones,

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like sex assault, especially
in our modern day and age,

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where we want to
give the victims

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the benefit
of the doubt.

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But down the road,
years, days, months later,

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to prove sexual assault
can be a challenge.

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♪

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[Dan]
I felt bad for her,

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she had the courage
to come say...

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what happened to her,
and there was never

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a case filed,
that I know of.

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[Jennifer] Maybe they didn't
have enough evidence.

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And maybe it was a few
years since he raped me,

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but I needed to let people
know, yes, he raped me.

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He's a monster.

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♪

281
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[DeAnne] A woman is an
object to exploit and abuse.

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That's what a woman
is to Dennis.

283
00:12:51,208 --> 00:12:53,208
Dennis was well-practiced.
He knew how

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to do what he did
and get away with it.

285
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[News] The 71-year-old Hof
denies the allegations,

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saying it is a political
ploy to deter him from

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pushing forward on his race
for the assembly.

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♪

289
00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,792
[Sonja] Dennis was inspired
by Donald Trump

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because he was
successful.

291
00:13:11,625 --> 00:13:13,750
He also liked the fact
that he was a businessman.

292
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He liked his charisma.

293
00:13:16,458 --> 00:13:20,250
I think though the main
reason he allied himself

294
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with Trump was simply for
pragmatic reasons,

295
00:13:23,250 --> 00:13:25,458
that that's what was
gonna make him win.

296
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♪

297
00:13:28,042 --> 00:13:30,250
The politicians didn't think
Dennis could win

298
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because of the
prostitution affiliation.

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People didn't
understand who he was.

300
00:13:38,875 --> 00:13:41,333
They would call him
"the pimp."

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[Paris] At the
beginning of the campaign,

302
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Dennis told me,
"You know, Paris,

303
00:13:44,042 --> 00:13:45,417
it's not gonna be easy,
and there's gonna be

304
00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,458
a lot of things that are
gonna stand in the way

305
00:13:47,458 --> 00:13:50,708
as well, but if we build up
a strong team...

306
00:13:50,792 --> 00:13:52,958
then we can win this."

307
00:13:53,042 --> 00:13:56,333
[News] He considers himself
the Trump of Pahrump.

308
00:13:56,417 --> 00:13:58,583
[Dennis] If Donald Trump
can do it, I can do it.

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00:13:58,667 --> 00:14:01,708
[Sonja] Dennis's tagline,
"Trump from Pahrump,"

310
00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:04,208
he knew that it
would help him...

311
00:14:04,333 --> 00:14:06,833
be able to ride on
Trump's coattails.

312
00:14:06,875 --> 00:14:09,875
Ah, it was catchy.

313
00:14:09,875 --> 00:14:12,750
It almost assured him of
winning in that area

314
00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:15,625
because now people
associated him with Trump.

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00:14:15,708 --> 00:14:16,917
[Woman] You know,
you've got a new slogan.

316
00:14:16,917 --> 00:14:18,000
It's up on your boards,
and it says,

317
00:14:18,208 --> 00:14:20,875
"Make Nevada
Nevada Again."

318
00:14:20,958 --> 00:14:23,042
[Vernon] He would come in,
do interviews and...

319
00:14:23,125 --> 00:14:26,667
he spent a lot of money here
on television advertising,

320
00:14:26,708 --> 00:14:29,250
radio advertising,
because he really

321
00:14:29,333 --> 00:14:32,500
wanted to win
the election.

322
00:14:32,625 --> 00:14:33,875
You'd see him
at Petrack Park.

323
00:14:33,958 --> 00:14:35,792
You'd see him at the
Harvest Festival.

324
00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:37,750
You would see him
everywhere.

325
00:14:37,875 --> 00:14:39,167
Everybody would
come up to him,

326
00:14:39,333 --> 00:14:41,500
"Dennis! Dennis!
How are you doing?"

327
00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:42,958
[Dennis] I know you all
know that I'm rich.

328
00:14:43,042 --> 00:14:44,792
I know you all know
that I'm famous.

329
00:14:44,792 --> 00:14:47,042
I mean, I've spoke
at Oxford University.

330
00:14:47,042 --> 00:14:49,458
I'm a guy that came,
came from a

331
00:14:49,542 --> 00:14:52,250
World War 2 family.
We didn't have any money.

332
00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:54,958
My dad was a mailman,
an honorable man.

333
00:14:54,958 --> 00:14:56,792
I'm just a regular guy.

334
00:14:56,792 --> 00:14:58,000
I have just as much fun
hanging out

335
00:14:58,083 --> 00:14:59,958
in the back of a restaurant
with the staff

336
00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:01,333
as I am in the front
with the owner.

337
00:15:01,458 --> 00:15:03,667
[Vernon] He was so
polite to everybody.

338
00:15:03,708 --> 00:15:05,583
He would just...

339
00:15:05,667 --> 00:15:08,625
say hi to anybody, try to
carry on a conversation.

340
00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:10,167
Fantastic guy.

341
00:15:10,458 --> 00:15:12,708
♪

342
00:15:12,792 --> 00:15:14,458
[Dan] Every good conman
comes across as

343
00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:15,333
affable, and...

344
00:15:15,708 --> 00:15:17,667
I mean, you're not a
good conman if you don't.

345
00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,500
But I could
see through it.

346
00:15:20,583 --> 00:15:22,167
We need to stop him.

347
00:15:22,375 --> 00:15:25,792
♪

348
00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:27,458
[Sonja] There were
a lot of people

349
00:15:27,542 --> 00:15:29,375
that made our livings
in the brothels

350
00:15:29,458 --> 00:15:32,833
that were not excited about
Dennis going into politics

351
00:15:32,833 --> 00:15:35,917
because it's like
poking a hornet's nest.

352
00:15:36,042 --> 00:15:37,792
And Dennis...

353
00:15:37,875 --> 00:15:39,708
really enjoyed poking
the hornet's nest.

354
00:15:39,833 --> 00:15:42,917
♪

355
00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,958
[Dan] I started in 2017

356
00:15:44,958 --> 00:15:46,875
looking at Dennis'
businesses,

357
00:15:46,875 --> 00:15:48,583
and there were
a lot of violations.

358
00:15:48,708 --> 00:15:50,708
♪

359
00:15:50,708 --> 00:15:53,167
The condition of these
brothels was horrible.

360
00:15:53,208 --> 00:15:55,375
There was really no
maintenance upkeep on them.

361
00:15:55,458 --> 00:15:58,333
They were very old
trailers pushed together.

362
00:15:58,417 --> 00:16:00,167
I had an electrician come
in one day to the Kit Kat,

363
00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:01,875
and he shook
his head and said,

364
00:16:01,958 --> 00:16:03,667
"This whole thing
needs to be replaced

365
00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:05,375
to bring it
up to code."

366
00:16:05,500 --> 00:16:07,833
Dennis refused,
and a few years later,

367
00:16:07,875 --> 00:16:09,500
the Kit Kat
burned down.

368
00:16:12,042 --> 00:16:13,667
[DeAnne] Dennis also
had some safety issues

369
00:16:13,792 --> 00:16:15,500
with the
Love Ranch South.

370
00:16:15,583 --> 00:16:16,708
They were
required to have

371
00:16:16,708 --> 00:16:19,875
a fire marshal
safety inspection.

372
00:16:19,875 --> 00:16:21,083
And Dennis
wouldn't do that

373
00:16:21,208 --> 00:16:24,167
because he couldn't
pass the inspection.

374
00:16:24,167 --> 00:16:25,708
[Dan] The floors need
to be reinforced,

375
00:16:25,833 --> 00:16:27,208
the doors need
to open out.

376
00:16:27,208 --> 00:16:29,042
There's all this stuff
that needs to happen...

377
00:16:29,042 --> 00:16:31,833
if you're using them
for commercial use.

378
00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:33,667
And he refused.

379
00:16:33,708 --> 00:16:36,167
♪

380
00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:37,583
By this time,
he's running for office,

381
00:16:37,708 --> 00:16:39,000
so he thought that...

382
00:16:39,083 --> 00:16:41,667
we could be bullied.

383
00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:43,083
So, in the meeting
in December,

384
00:16:43,167 --> 00:16:46,042
after I had laid out
to Dennis,

385
00:16:46,042 --> 00:16:48,583
"Look, your brothels are
violating our code.

386
00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:49,792
Oh,
and by the way,

387
00:16:49,917 --> 00:16:51,458
you're late paying
your fees again."

388
00:16:51,542 --> 00:16:53,000
And in our code,

389
00:16:53,083 --> 00:16:54,625
if they don't pay
their fees on time,

390
00:16:54,708 --> 00:16:56,500
you take their license.

391
00:16:56,542 --> 00:16:59,042
Mr. Hof still has failed to
comply, and for that fact,

392
00:16:59,125 --> 00:17:02,042
I make a motion
to deny his

393
00:17:02,042 --> 00:17:05,042
brothel license
on that property.

394
00:17:05,042 --> 00:17:06,792
[Sonja] What a
catastrophe that was.

395
00:17:06,875 --> 00:17:09,583
♪

396
00:17:09,708 --> 00:17:12,042
After the
Lamar Odom incident,

397
00:17:12,125 --> 00:17:13,750
it took me a while
to get us

398
00:17:13,750 --> 00:17:16,000
back up on our feet.

399
00:17:16,083 --> 00:17:17,875
And all of a sudden,
it was closed.

400
00:17:17,958 --> 00:17:21,000
♪

401
00:17:21,167 --> 00:17:23,792
[Paris] I believe it was all
politically motivated.

402
00:17:23,792 --> 00:17:27,875
And it was by 4 out of the
5 county commissioners...

403
00:17:28,042 --> 00:17:30,750
because they did not
want him in politics.

404
00:17:30,833 --> 00:17:33,708
[DeAnne] And then the
newspaper article comes out.

405
00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:37,750
♪

406
00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:38,917
[News]
The second woman,

407
00:17:38,917 --> 00:17:40,917
identified as
Diana Grandmaison,

408
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,125
claims she was assaulted by
Hof inside the Bunny Ranch

409
00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:47,750
in Carson City while working
there in June of 2009.

410
00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:50,875
If he decides he wants
to sleep with one of us,

411
00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:53,500
we have to
sleep with him.

412
00:17:53,542 --> 00:17:56,667
So, I had no choice
but to submit.

413
00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:58,208
He's a bad person.

414
00:18:02,667 --> 00:18:04,542
♪

415
00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:06,250
[DeAnne] Dennis has
raped so many women

416
00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,375
who haven't reported
their crimes.

417
00:18:08,542 --> 00:18:11,042
But, when Dennis was
running for office,

418
00:18:11,125 --> 00:18:12,875
several women
did come forward.

419
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,125
♪

420
00:18:16,208 --> 00:18:18,167
My name is Theresa Lowe.

421
00:18:18,208 --> 00:18:21,250
I went to the
Love Ranch North

422
00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:24,750
at the time,
and met Dennis Hof.

423
00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:27,542
He was, um,
very charismatic.

424
00:18:27,625 --> 00:18:30,167
Everyone listened to him.
The cashier called me,

425
00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:32,125
and said, "Dennis is
sending the car for you,

426
00:18:32,208 --> 00:18:35,708
please get ready."
I thought, okay...

427
00:18:35,875 --> 00:18:38,000
I didn't know
what that meant.

428
00:18:38,125 --> 00:18:40,042
They took me out to
a beautiful ranch

429
00:18:40,208 --> 00:18:43,750
alongside a
mountainside...

430
00:18:43,833 --> 00:18:46,167
Walked in the house...

431
00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,833
"Let's go upstairs."

432
00:18:48,917 --> 00:18:50,750
And he raped me.

433
00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:56,333
♪

434
00:18:56,417 --> 00:18:59,042
[Sonja] When all the
allegations hit the press,

435
00:18:59,125 --> 00:19:01,292
I was not surprised.

436
00:19:01,375 --> 00:19:03,208
He was always good
to me and respectful,

437
00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:05,625
but I don't presume that
he has been that way

438
00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:07,000
to every person.

439
00:19:07,083 --> 00:19:11,167
I saw enough of him
to see a darker side.

440
00:19:11,208 --> 00:19:15,000
[Theresa] And it
was violent, um...

441
00:19:15,042 --> 00:19:16,917
Choking me.

442
00:19:16,917 --> 00:19:19,167
Grabbing me by the hair,
no condom.

443
00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:22,167
When it was over,
I was crying.

444
00:19:22,250 --> 00:19:24,625
And the driver said, just,
"It's gonna be alright,

445
00:19:24,792 --> 00:19:26,667
it happens to everybody."

446
00:19:26,792 --> 00:19:28,167
♪

447
00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:29,542
[Paris] When I first
heard of the allegations,

448
00:19:29,750 --> 00:19:31,167
I was fairly upset.

449
00:19:31,250 --> 00:19:33,167
I thought we kind of
were on the same page.

450
00:19:33,208 --> 00:19:35,125
No secrets, no surprises.

451
00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:36,875
So, I talked to
Dennis about it,

452
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,750
and Dennis said
it's not true.

453
00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:41,333
♪

454
00:19:41,375 --> 00:19:43,875
And I realized you
can't help but notice

455
00:19:43,875 --> 00:19:46,167
the timing of these things,
and what's being said

456
00:19:46,208 --> 00:19:49,833
and the motivation
behind them.

457
00:19:49,833 --> 00:19:52,042
[Theresa] It's disgusting
that an owner

458
00:19:52,167 --> 00:19:54,708
gets to do what
he gets to do,

459
00:19:54,792 --> 00:19:58,833
and for him to run for
public office is an insult,

460
00:19:58,958 --> 00:20:01,000
because who can
he rape then?

461
00:20:01,042 --> 00:20:04,625
♪

462
00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:05,958
[Sonja] Dennis never
spoke about

463
00:20:06,042 --> 00:20:07,792
the rape allegations
whatsoever,

464
00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:11,208
and no one would have ever
brought it up to him

465
00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:13,875
without him bringing
it up first.

466
00:20:13,958 --> 00:20:15,375
[Glen] Water off
a duck's back.

467
00:20:15,375 --> 00:20:18,042
Didn't slow him down.
No matter how hard

468
00:20:18,042 --> 00:20:19,250
they tried to get in
Dennis's way,

469
00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:22,250
he always just
came out ahead.

470
00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:24,250
[Sonja] Dennis Hof put the
same energy into his

471
00:20:24,333 --> 00:20:28,000
political campaign
that he did in the houses.

472
00:20:28,042 --> 00:20:30,833
He would sleep
maybe 4, 5 hours

473
00:20:30,875 --> 00:20:32,875
in a 24-hour span.

474
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000
♪

475
00:20:35,083 --> 00:20:37,917
And he exhausted himself
and his staff

476
00:20:37,917 --> 00:20:40,292
running for office.

477
00:20:40,375 --> 00:20:42,208
[Paris]
He was unstoppable.

478
00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:45,375
There was nothing
that could taint him.

479
00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:47,667
And the more campaigning
that was done,

480
00:20:47,750 --> 00:20:50,333
the more people that were
like, "Oh, this is our guy."

481
00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:53,333
♪

482
00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:55,667
[News] Dennis Hof believes
he'll ride that Trump wave,

483
00:20:55,708 --> 00:20:57,458
even as one of the
country's most

484
00:20:57,458 --> 00:21:01,917
unconventional candidates,
right into office.

485
00:21:02,042 --> 00:21:03,083
[Paris] We're at
the place where we

486
00:21:03,167 --> 00:21:05,042
do all the
Republican meetings.

487
00:21:05,125 --> 00:21:06,292
It was packed full,

488
00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:10,208
and there's people
inside, outside.

489
00:21:10,208 --> 00:21:12,000
Like everyone's just
walking around, pacing.

490
00:21:12,125 --> 00:21:13,833
Nobody can sit still.

491
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,250
And then finally,
the TV...

492
00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,667
announces the results.

493
00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:22,042
[News] This week, Dennis Hof
is not making headlines

494
00:21:22,042 --> 00:21:23,750
for the brothels he owns,

495
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:26,917
or the HBO reality show
he starred in,

496
00:21:26,917 --> 00:21:29,500
but for beating out an
established Republican

497
00:21:29,708 --> 00:21:31,917
in Nevada's
primary election.

498
00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:34,250
♪

499
00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:38,542
[Paris] And, I can't even
explain to you...

500
00:21:38,542 --> 00:21:41,250
the feeling that
went over that room.

501
00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:43,792
♪

502
00:21:43,917 --> 00:21:47,208
There's a picture of Dennis
when he heard that he won.

503
00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:48,833
It's the most emotion
I've ever seen

504
00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:52,958
captured from Dennis.
It was so amazing.

505
00:21:52,958 --> 00:21:56,083
I was right there with him,
and he just cried,

506
00:21:56,083 --> 00:21:58,083
and he was
just overjoyed.

507
00:21:58,208 --> 00:22:01,375
♪

508
00:22:01,458 --> 00:22:04,208
[Sonja] The rape
allegations...

509
00:22:04,375 --> 00:22:08,500
had zero, zero effect
on his campaign.

510
00:22:08,583 --> 00:22:10,250
[DeAnne] When Dennis
won the primary

511
00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:12,083
against
James Oscarson,

512
00:22:12,167 --> 00:22:14,667
man, his ego was
through the roof.

513
00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:18,625
He thought that he
could conquer anything.

514
00:22:18,792 --> 00:22:21,500
[Dan] In July of 2018,
Hof had...

515
00:22:21,542 --> 00:22:24,292
complete control of
the Republican party.

516
00:22:24,292 --> 00:22:25,625
He had won the primary,

517
00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:29,833
so he thought he was
totally untouchable.

518
00:22:29,958 --> 00:22:32,542
[Sonja] I totally expected
Dennis to win because

519
00:22:32,750 --> 00:22:34,458
I was seeing
behind the scenes.

520
00:22:34,542 --> 00:22:37,208
I knew how much work
they put into the campaign.

521
00:22:37,292 --> 00:22:39,125
[News] In November,
Hof will face off

522
00:22:39,208 --> 00:22:41,167
against newcomer
Democrat and

523
00:22:41,250 --> 00:22:42,917
school principal,
Lesia Romanov.

524
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,333
The pair making up an
unconventional battle

525
00:22:45,417 --> 00:22:48,167
over Nevada Assembly
District 36.

526
00:22:48,292 --> 00:22:50,333
♪

527
00:22:50,417 --> 00:22:54,042
Nye County
is very right...

528
00:22:54,167 --> 00:22:56,083
wing, conservative.

529
00:22:56,167 --> 00:22:59,292
There's a lot of people
here that still carry guns.

530
00:22:59,375 --> 00:23:01,375
They believe in

531
00:23:01,458 --> 00:23:05,083
that freedom of being
an American citizen.

532
00:23:05,167 --> 00:23:08,250
♪

533
00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:10,208
[Dennis] Nevada's about
freedom, low tax,

534
00:23:10,292 --> 00:23:12,500
carry your gun,
drink, gamble,

535
00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:14,333
smoke weed,
and go to a brothel.

536
00:23:14,417 --> 00:23:17,583
Leave us alone.

537
00:23:17,583 --> 00:23:19,583
[Paris] Tucker Carlson
gave Dennis advice,

538
00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:23,000
and it came to a point where
he was talking to Tucker

539
00:23:23,083 --> 00:23:24,458
like almost
every morning.

540
00:23:24,542 --> 00:23:26,417
He was asking, "What do
you think about this?"

541
00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:28,333
And so, Dennis would
take his opinion

542
00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:29,833
into consideration
because they had

543
00:23:29,917 --> 00:23:31,333
a lot of the
same political views.

544
00:23:31,375 --> 00:23:33,292
♪

545
00:23:33,375 --> 00:23:34,458
[Dan] He had charisma.

546
00:23:34,542 --> 00:23:35,958
There's no doubt
about it.

547
00:23:36,042 --> 00:23:37,250
He's charismatic.

548
00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:40,292
But,
politicians follow laws.

549
00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:43,000
And on Labor Day
weekend 2018,

550
00:23:43,083 --> 00:23:45,042
Dennis Hof
broke the law.

551
00:23:45,125 --> 00:23:49,167
♪

552
00:23:49,333 --> 00:23:52,333
♪

553
00:23:52,458 --> 00:23:53,583
There was
this one young woman

554
00:23:53,667 --> 00:23:57,167
who came in to work.
Sarah Drescher.

555
00:23:57,250 --> 00:24:00,375
She was a cute,
little blonde.

556
00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:02,208
She had only been there
a couple days.

557
00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:03,917
I think she just
got on the floor.

558
00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,833
♪

559
00:24:05,875 --> 00:24:08,542
But the morning
I was on shift...

560
00:24:08,542 --> 00:24:11,000
Dennis called,
said to have the driver

561
00:24:11,167 --> 00:24:13,500
take her to him, that...

562
00:24:13,542 --> 00:24:15,917
he was having
breakfast with her.

563
00:24:16,042 --> 00:24:20,292
♪

564
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:22,458
So she left,
went to see him.

565
00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:24,167
And I was noticing,
I'm like,

566
00:24:24,208 --> 00:24:26,500
it's been like three hours,
and she's not back yet.

567
00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:28,500
I just had a bad feeling.

568
00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:30,583
And three hours later,

569
00:24:30,667 --> 00:24:32,917
she comes walking
through the gate, like,

570
00:24:33,042 --> 00:24:34,708
with her head down,
like, really,

571
00:24:34,833 --> 00:24:37,167
and goes to her room,
and I ask, "Are you okay?"

572
00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:39,500
And she just
waves me off.

573
00:24:39,542 --> 00:24:42,375
This doesn't look good.

574
00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:45,583
The next day,
HR called me.

575
00:24:45,667 --> 00:24:47,667
I told her exactly
what I saw,

576
00:24:47,708 --> 00:24:49,708
and how she acted
when she came back

577
00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:51,375
because apparently
that morning

578
00:24:51,458 --> 00:24:53,875
she went to the hospital
and got a rape kit.

579
00:24:55,375 --> 00:24:57,250
[Detective Tucker]

580
00:24:58,333 --> 00:25:00,875
[Sarah]

581
00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:19,167
[Detective Tucker]

582
00:25:19,208 --> 00:25:21,542
[Sarah]

583
00:25:21,542 --> 00:25:22,625
[Detective Tucker]

584
00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:24,125
[DeAnne] This time,
Dennis...

585
00:25:24,208 --> 00:25:25,667
wasn't gonna get
away with it.

586
00:25:32,417 --> 00:25:34,500
♪

587
00:25:34,583 --> 00:25:37,292
So, on
September 2nd, 2018,

588
00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:39,208
a woman does come
forward to level

589
00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:42,625
an allegation of sexual
assault against Dennis Hof.

590
00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:45,542
And the Sheriff's Department
in Carson City responds.

591
00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:48,875
[Detective Tucker]

592
00:25:48,875 --> 00:25:52,083
[Ashton] She's at an area
hospital in northern Nevada,

593
00:25:52,208 --> 00:25:55,042
awaiting what's known
as a sexual assault

594
00:25:55,250 --> 00:25:57,208
response team examination.

595
00:25:58,292 --> 00:26:00,208
[Detective Tucker]

596
00:26:03,167 --> 00:26:04,333
[Sarah]

597
00:26:06,792 --> 00:26:08,000
[Detective Tucker]

598
00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,542
[Sarah] Mm-hm, yeah.
[Tucker] Okay.

599
00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:13,833
[Detective Tucker]

600
00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:16,583
[Sarah]

601
00:26:27,875 --> 00:26:32,208
[Ashton] She ends up texting
with Mr. Hof over the phone.

602
00:26:32,375 --> 00:26:35,292
And ultimately being
brought out to his residence.

603
00:26:35,292 --> 00:26:38,750
[Detective Tucker]

604
00:26:38,875 --> 00:26:41,125
[Sarah]

605
00:26:49,708 --> 00:26:53,375
[Detective Tucker]

606
00:26:53,375 --> 00:26:55,625
[Sarah]

607
00:27:20,750 --> 00:27:22,458
[Detective Tucker]

608
00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:24,875
[Sarah]

609
00:27:24,875 --> 00:27:26,625
[Detective Tucker]

610
00:27:27,875 --> 00:27:29,875
[Sarah]

611
00:27:54,417 --> 00:27:59,333
♪

612
00:27:59,375 --> 00:28:01,417
♪

613
00:28:01,542 --> 00:28:06,208
♪

614
00:28:10,958 --> 00:28:11,833
[Ashton] Once there's
an allegation and

615
00:28:12,083 --> 00:28:14,333
you're seeing signs
of sexual assault...

616
00:28:14,375 --> 00:28:18,792
♪

617
00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:20,875
[doorbell rings]

618
00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:22,333
[Ashton] And there is the
medical examination that

619
00:28:22,458 --> 00:28:24,708
builds on probable cause
that a crime has occurred.

620
00:28:24,792 --> 00:28:26,333
[knocking]

621
00:28:26,458 --> 00:28:28,375
[Officers]

622
00:28:30,625 --> 00:28:31,667
[Ashton] The location
of that crime

623
00:28:31,708 --> 00:28:32,833
was Mr. Hof's residence.

624
00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:39,625
[Ashton] Investigators
were able to obtain

625
00:28:39,708 --> 00:28:41,667
a search warrant
from a judge.

626
00:28:41,792 --> 00:28:43,583
They wake that judge up
at 2:00 in the morning,

627
00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:45,458
and they get the permission
from the judge

628
00:28:45,542 --> 00:28:46,875
right then and there
on the phone.

629
00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:51,500
♪

630
00:28:51,625 --> 00:28:54,333
♪

631
00:28:54,458 --> 00:28:55,917
And they were able to serve
that search warrant

632
00:28:55,917 --> 00:28:58,708
at Mr. Hof's residence
in northern Nevada.

633
00:29:25,958 --> 00:29:31,500
♪

634
00:29:31,625 --> 00:29:33,875
[Ashton] Investigators
in this case are

635
00:29:33,875 --> 00:29:36,875
going to be looking for
those specific items

636
00:29:36,958 --> 00:29:38,542
that the victim
described.

637
00:29:38,625 --> 00:29:40,417
[Detective Tucker]

638
00:29:44,875 --> 00:29:47,292
[Sarah speaking]

639
00:29:54,875 --> 00:29:56,750
[Detective Tucker]

640
00:29:56,875 --> 00:29:58,792
[Sarah]

641
00:30:07,042 --> 00:30:08,500
[Ashton] So,
these are details that

642
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:11,083
a victim would remember
and know from having

643
00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:14,917
been in that location from
such a short time before.

644
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,875
That initial statement is
very important to build

645
00:30:16,875 --> 00:30:18,708
a case, a criminal case,
against him.

646
00:30:18,792 --> 00:30:21,750
♪

647
00:30:21,875 --> 00:30:22,958
[Officer]
Here's his .357 round.

648
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:29,792
[Dennis Hof speaking]

649
00:30:30,417 --> 00:30:32,542
[DeAnne] I've read the
report of the rape

650
00:30:32,625 --> 00:30:35,208
that happened on
Labor Day weekend.

651
00:30:35,292 --> 00:30:38,500
And the story that this young
woman told is the same story

652
00:30:38,542 --> 00:30:41,333
that several women told me
that Dennis did to them.

653
00:30:41,375 --> 00:30:43,667
And these are women who
didn't even know each other.

654
00:30:43,667 --> 00:30:45,708
So, I 100%
believe her.

655
00:30:45,792 --> 00:30:47,000
[Sonja] He choked her.

656
00:30:47,125 --> 00:30:49,042
She said that
she told him no.

657
00:30:49,042 --> 00:30:51,000
And that fits with
my gut instinct

658
00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:53,375
when I first
heard about it. So...

659
00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,000
Even if she didn't have
the physical evidence,

660
00:30:56,083 --> 00:30:58,833
I would have
believed her.

661
00:30:58,875 --> 00:31:00,875
My opinion.

662
00:31:00,958 --> 00:31:03,833
Dennis has as much...

663
00:31:03,917 --> 00:31:06,875
as he wants...

664
00:31:06,875 --> 00:31:09,875
when he wants it,
how he wants it.

665
00:31:09,875 --> 00:31:13,833
Why would he do something
that would be...

666
00:31:13,917 --> 00:31:17,833
illegal, or cause him
problems of

667
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:21,042
losing all the licenses
that he has?

668
00:31:21,125 --> 00:31:24,667
♪

669
00:31:24,708 --> 00:31:26,042
[Ashton] During the service
of this search warrant,

670
00:31:26,042 --> 00:31:28,042
the investigators,
they recovered

671
00:31:28,167 --> 00:31:30,875
Mr. Hof's
electronic devices.

672
00:31:30,958 --> 00:31:32,917
For Mr. Hof,
the text messages are

673
00:31:32,917 --> 00:31:35,125
what the investigators
really want to get.

674
00:31:35,208 --> 00:31:38,875
But ultimately, you're gonna
find other evidence of crime

675
00:31:38,958 --> 00:31:41,125
when you get into
criminals' phones.

676
00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:44,417
And the investigator said
this could really change

677
00:31:44,542 --> 00:31:47,500
things for Mr. Hof because
if Mr. Hof is found guilty

678
00:31:47,542 --> 00:31:49,000
of these crimes,
he's not coming home.

679
00:31:49,042 --> 00:31:50,542
He's gonna die in prison.

680
00:31:57,042 --> 00:31:58,667
[Ashton] When investigators
serve that search warrant

681
00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,375
at Mr. Hof's residence,

682
00:32:00,375 --> 00:32:02,125
they recovered
the phone and his...

683
00:32:02,208 --> 00:32:05,708
computer equipment,
like his iPad.

684
00:32:05,875 --> 00:32:08,042
[DeAnne] So, that's how the
police found out that Dennis

685
00:32:08,042 --> 00:32:12,917
was sending women on
these illegal out dates.

686
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,125
An out date is
a euphemism

687
00:32:16,125 --> 00:32:18,333
for having the woman
meet you in a

688
00:32:18,375 --> 00:32:20,917
hotel room or somewhere
off the property,

689
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,208
or even outside the
state of Nevada,

690
00:32:23,458 --> 00:32:26,083
which strictly
was forbidden.

691
00:32:26,167 --> 00:32:28,875
[Sonja] Some of the biggest
high rollers of all

692
00:32:28,958 --> 00:32:30,917
frequently are
on out dates,

693
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,708
they don't even
go to the house.

694
00:32:32,708 --> 00:32:36,000
They can get booked without
even getting near it.

695
00:32:36,083 --> 00:32:39,167
[Ashton] So, Mr. Hof,
probably very nervous

696
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:42,000
once those phones
and the iPad were taken,

697
00:32:42,125 --> 00:32:44,208
because once you get
into the device,

698
00:32:44,208 --> 00:32:46,667
you start to find
other crimes

699
00:32:46,750 --> 00:32:48,208
that he may be
engaging in,

700
00:32:48,208 --> 00:32:51,042
bringing people over
state lines to engage in

701
00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:54,208
prostitution, sending girls
from the brothel

702
00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:58,125
out into parts of the state
where it's illegal.

703
00:32:58,208 --> 00:33:00,833
[Sonja] Here's the thing
about narcissists.

704
00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:02,833
They don't
acknowledge...

705
00:33:02,958 --> 00:33:05,083
failure or defeat.

706
00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:08,083
So, the whole rape thing

707
00:33:08,167 --> 00:33:10,000
that was looming over him...

708
00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:11,875
it just didn't exist.

709
00:33:11,875 --> 00:33:14,208
You don't
acknowledge things...

710
00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:15,917
that you don't like
in your world.

711
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,042
♪

712
00:33:19,042 --> 00:33:20,417
When the
allegations came out,

713
00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:21,625
Dennis was like,
"Okay, we've been here

714
00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:23,542
campaigning for 4 months,
shut it down.

715
00:33:23,625 --> 00:33:24,833
There's no need for
you to stay here.

716
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,292
Let's go home."

717
00:33:26,458 --> 00:33:27,625
I was going to be
with my kids.

718
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:29,792
He was gonna go prepare
for his birthday party.

719
00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:31,875
♪

720
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,292
[Sonja]
Dennis's birthdays,

721
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:34,958
he treated them like
national holidays.

722
00:33:35,042 --> 00:33:37,667
And it was at all the
different brothels.

723
00:33:37,792 --> 00:33:39,375
He invited everybody,

724
00:33:39,458 --> 00:33:40,833
so he got to feel
very important.

725
00:33:40,875 --> 00:33:45,667
♪

726
00:33:45,792 --> 00:33:48,958
♪

727
00:33:49,042 --> 00:33:50,833
I went to his
birthday party,

728
00:33:50,875 --> 00:33:52,375
which was held
at The Nugget.

729
00:33:52,625 --> 00:33:54,875
♪

730
00:33:54,875 --> 00:33:56,833
They're all celebrating
his birthday

731
00:33:56,875 --> 00:33:58,875
and his political
campaign.

732
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,625
♪

733
00:34:00,708 --> 00:34:02,792
[Paris] He had got a suite
for me at the Flamingo,

734
00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:04,167
and I wasn't
able to make it.

735
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,167
I was like, "Dennis,
I'm, I'm really sick.

736
00:34:06,250 --> 00:34:08,875
And I'm gonna try
to come out...

737
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,833
the next day or two."

738
00:34:10,833 --> 00:34:12,708
He asked me a
couple of times...

739
00:34:12,708 --> 00:34:15,208
if I was sure I didn't want
to come, and I was like,

740
00:34:15,333 --> 00:34:18,167
that's weird,
Dennis only asks once.

741
00:34:19,833 --> 00:34:22,750
I didn't think
anything of it.

742
00:34:22,833 --> 00:34:24,833
[Alice] The day
after the party,

743
00:34:24,875 --> 00:34:28,042
I was on my way
to the Ranch,

744
00:34:28,042 --> 00:34:30,000
and I got a call from
one of my colleagues,

745
00:34:30,042 --> 00:34:32,167
and he goes,
"Alice, where are you?"

746
00:34:32,250 --> 00:34:33,625
I'm like, "I'm on the road,"
and he goes,

747
00:34:33,708 --> 00:34:34,917
"Pull over or something."
I'm like,

748
00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:37,417
"What the [beep] is going on?
Tell me right now."

749
00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:38,917
[Sonja]
I was in Tennessee,

750
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,083
and a reporter
called me,

751
00:34:40,375 --> 00:34:42,833
and they said, "Is the news
about Dennis true?"

752
00:34:42,917 --> 00:34:46,000
And I said,
"Well, um, it depends.

753
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,792
What news are you
talking about?"

754
00:34:47,875 --> 00:34:53,208
♪

755
00:34:53,208 --> 00:34:55,125
[News] Dennis Hof was
found unresponsive,

756
00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:57,250
not breathing,
at his Love Ranch brothel

757
00:34:57,250 --> 00:34:59,542
near Las Vegas
this morning.

758
00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:01,958
The 72-year-old Hof was the
Republican candidate this

759
00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:05,833
year in a heavily Republican
state legislative district.

760
00:35:05,958 --> 00:35:07,667
♪

761
00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:09,958
This guy had been
my friend for 25 years,

762
00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:11,875
on the bed, you know,

763
00:35:11,958 --> 00:35:14,167
stiff, you know, cold,

764
00:35:14,292 --> 00:35:16,875
eyes at half mast,
it's like, "What the heck?"

765
00:35:16,958 --> 00:35:18,375
[Vernon] The night
before he died,

766
00:35:18,458 --> 00:35:20,500
I get to his birthday party,
the room is packed,

767
00:35:20,583 --> 00:35:22,875
there's 300 people
in this room,

768
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,500
and I'm videotaping him.
And so, I...

769
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,167
I ask him, I said,
"How do you feel?

770
00:35:28,208 --> 00:35:29,875
What's going on?"
He goes, "I feel great!"

771
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,625
[Dennis] We started out
five days ago.

772
00:35:31,750 --> 00:35:33,458
We've been partying and
we're gonna keep it going.

773
00:35:33,625 --> 00:35:35,292
My birthday party
just keeps going.

774
00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:37,958
We do it for
a whole month.

775
00:35:37,958 --> 00:35:41,167
[Sonja] And they go back to
the Love Ranch Vegas.

776
00:35:41,167 --> 00:35:43,208
He had his suite there
at the Love Ranch...

777
00:35:43,292 --> 00:35:45,833
and he went
to sleep.

778
00:35:45,958 --> 00:35:46,958
[DeAnne]
The next morning,

779
00:35:47,042 --> 00:35:48,875
Ron Jeremy
goes to see Dennis.

780
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,208
♪

781
00:35:53,208 --> 00:35:56,292
[Paris] Ron, um,
initially found him.

782
00:35:56,375 --> 00:36:00,625
And I think Ron was
probably in denial.

783
00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:02,625
And, to the point where he
needed somebody to

784
00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:05,083
verify that this was
really happening.

785
00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:06,792
[Ron] People just love
the living daylights

786
00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:08,292
out of the guy.

787
00:36:08,375 --> 00:36:11,250
♪

788
00:36:11,375 --> 00:36:12,667
[Ashton] The Nye County
Sheriff's Department

789
00:36:12,792 --> 00:36:17,042
responds to the scene where
Mr. Hof is found dead.

790
00:36:17,125 --> 00:36:19,333
[News] At this time,
detectives and deputies

791
00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:21,167
are on scene conducting
an investigation.

792
00:36:21,208 --> 00:36:24,083
[Ashton] And ultimately,
a medical examiner

793
00:36:24,083 --> 00:36:26,042
concludes that
Mr. Hof passed away

794
00:36:26,125 --> 00:36:28,375
of basically a heart attack
in his sleep.

795
00:36:28,375 --> 00:36:31,000
I was at home
when I learned that

796
00:36:31,042 --> 00:36:34,208
Dennis had died,
in the very same bed...

797
00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:36,917
that Lamar
overdosed on.

798
00:36:36,917 --> 00:36:39,833
[Paris] [quietly crying]

799
00:36:39,917 --> 00:36:41,000
[Shonda]
Some girls cried.

800
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,500
Some girls celebrated
in silence

801
00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,000
'cause they
didn't like him.

802
00:36:44,083 --> 00:36:45,750
It was mixed
emotions all over.

803
00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:48,500
My personal emotions
was I was in shock.

804
00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:49,667
[Sonja] I couldn't believe
that he was dead

805
00:36:50,042 --> 00:36:53,375
'cause we had just talked
to him the night before.

806
00:36:53,375 --> 00:36:55,958
[Paris] I just never wanted
him to die alone because

807
00:36:56,042 --> 00:36:57,167
he deserved
better than that,

808
00:36:57,292 --> 00:36:59,000
and he died alone.

809
00:36:59,125 --> 00:37:01,167
♪

810
00:37:01,208 --> 00:37:03,292
[DeAnne] My reaction?

811
00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:06,167
It wasn't happiness or
joy or anything like that.

812
00:37:06,167 --> 00:37:08,042
It was relief.

813
00:37:08,042 --> 00:37:09,167
Because I knew
he wasn't going to hurt

814
00:37:09,292 --> 00:37:11,000
other women anymore.

815
00:37:11,125 --> 00:37:13,875
♪

816
00:37:13,875 --> 00:37:15,750
[Ashton] Ultimately,
with Mr. Hof deceased,

817
00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,833
the criminal investigation
stops because...

818
00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:22,000
there's no body to bring in
front of a judge and a jury

819
00:37:22,083 --> 00:37:24,833
to hold him accountable
to the crimes.

820
00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:27,333
And so, unfortunately,
for the victim,

821
00:37:27,417 --> 00:37:29,208
she never got
that closure

822
00:37:29,208 --> 00:37:31,375
through the criminal
investigation.

823
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,083
[Shonda] I felt
awful for her.

824
00:37:33,167 --> 00:37:34,875
She never saw justice.

825
00:37:34,958 --> 00:37:40,333
♪

826
00:37:40,417 --> 00:37:43,250
Dennis Hof was just
another millionaire

827
00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:45,917
getting his way
with everyone.

828
00:37:45,917 --> 00:37:49,167
[Jennifer] After years,
and years, and years

829
00:37:49,208 --> 00:37:52,167
of trying to get
this man in jail...

830
00:37:52,292 --> 00:37:54,083
He's dead.

831
00:37:54,167 --> 00:37:57,083
I will never
ever, ever...

832
00:37:57,167 --> 00:38:00,000
have justice.
Ever.

833
00:38:05,042 --> 00:38:06,333
[News] I spoke with the
Secretary of State's Office

834
00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:07,667
this afternoon, and really,
his death doesn't change

835
00:38:07,792 --> 00:38:09,667
that much for
the election process.

836
00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:12,417
Nevada law says a notice of
the candidate's death

837
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,417
will be posted at
each polling place

838
00:38:14,542 --> 00:38:16,042
where his name
appears on the ballot,

839
00:38:16,042 --> 00:38:18,417
but Hof will stay
on the ballot.

840
00:38:18,417 --> 00:38:21,000
People still will be
able to vote for him.

841
00:38:21,125 --> 00:38:23,292
♪

842
00:38:23,375 --> 00:38:25,042
[Paris] I drove down to
Southern Nevada

843
00:38:25,042 --> 00:38:26,208
for the election.

844
00:38:26,292 --> 00:38:27,833
I wanted to see through
what we started.

845
00:38:27,958 --> 00:38:30,042
And it was definitely
a different feel

846
00:38:30,042 --> 00:38:32,042
than the first time around.

847
00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:41,833
So, at the table
up front is myself,

848
00:38:41,875 --> 00:38:44,875
and then we have Zack
over here, and...

849
00:38:45,042 --> 00:38:46,458
we get the results.

850
00:38:46,542 --> 00:38:49,125
♪

851
00:38:49,208 --> 00:38:53,375
And Dennis wins
by a landslide.

852
00:38:53,458 --> 00:38:56,292
A bittersweet
moment it was.

853
00:38:56,292 --> 00:38:59,167
You almost felt
ripped off for him.

854
00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:00,333
I knew
he was gonna die.

855
00:39:00,375 --> 00:39:01,875
He had bad health.

856
00:39:01,958 --> 00:39:04,417
The man was a diabetic,
he was limping around.

857
00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:05,958
He wasn't taking
care of himself,

858
00:39:06,042 --> 00:39:08,417
but there were rumors going
around about his death,

859
00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:11,667
that he was poisoned or
someone murdered him.

860
00:39:11,792 --> 00:39:15,042
His death was
very questionable.

861
00:39:15,167 --> 00:39:17,417
And they thought so
in Vegas because

862
00:39:17,542 --> 00:39:19,917
they kept the body for
quite a long time because

863
00:39:19,917 --> 00:39:22,208
they felt like something
was wrong with this,

864
00:39:22,292 --> 00:39:24,333
but they couldn't
pinpoint anything

865
00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:26,042
so they had to
release the body.

866
00:39:26,125 --> 00:39:31,375
♪

867
00:39:31,458 --> 00:39:34,000
[Paris] Maybe I'm wrong,
I hope that I'm wrong,

868
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,375
but for them to all of
a sudden say that

869
00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:39,333
he died from a
heart attack?

870
00:39:39,417 --> 00:39:42,417
I don't believe it.
I don't.

871
00:39:42,417 --> 00:39:43,417
[Jennifer]
Good riddance?

872
00:39:43,583 --> 00:39:46,500
But he also died in
a very weird way.

873
00:39:46,583 --> 00:39:49,208
I really feel like
it was staged.

874
00:39:49,333 --> 00:39:53,250
I really feel, um...

875
00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:55,250
that he got dropped
something, finally.

876
00:39:55,375 --> 00:39:58,083
♪

877
00:39:58,167 --> 00:39:59,583
[Alice] Much in the same way
that his birthday

878
00:39:59,583 --> 00:40:02,042
was this crazy,
grand event...

879
00:40:02,125 --> 00:40:04,500
so too was his death!

880
00:40:04,583 --> 00:40:08,292
Like, this man did not
do anything small!

881
00:40:08,417 --> 00:40:11,208
He lived life
tremendously large,

882
00:40:11,333 --> 00:40:13,167
and definitely went out
with a bang too.

883
00:40:13,208 --> 00:40:17,958
♪

884
00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:24,542
♪

885
00:40:24,542 --> 00:40:28,042
His legacy is that
he revolutionized...

886
00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:30,542
the legal brothel industry.

887
00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:32,500
♪

888
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,167
[Dennis] I'm the new
breed of brothel owner.

889
00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:36,875
[Amy] He took it
over by storm.

890
00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:40,208
He put it in everyone's
living rooms.

891
00:40:40,208 --> 00:40:43,167
He took us from
guilt and shame...

892
00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:45,792
to glamour and fame.

893
00:40:45,875 --> 00:40:49,167
HBO and Dennis Hof
found a way

894
00:40:49,292 --> 00:40:51,125
to make a softcore porn

895
00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:54,375
and market it as
a documentary.

896
00:40:54,458 --> 00:40:55,625
But what was true,

897
00:40:55,625 --> 00:40:57,542
that sleazebag
on Cathouse.

898
00:40:57,625 --> 00:40:59,583
That was Dennis'
core nature.

899
00:40:59,583 --> 00:41:01,292
That's really
who he was.

900
00:41:01,375 --> 00:41:05,042
♪

901
00:41:05,208 --> 00:41:06,292
[Bekah] Dennis,
in my opinion,

902
00:41:06,375 --> 00:41:09,167
was a vile, disgusting
human being,

903
00:41:09,250 --> 00:41:11,458
but he was very
charismatic,

904
00:41:11,542 --> 00:41:13,917
like many
manipulators are.

905
00:41:14,125 --> 00:41:15,583
He knew how to sell.

906
00:41:15,667 --> 00:41:17,375
He definitely had that

907
00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:20,375
used car salesman
kind of vibe.

908
00:41:20,458 --> 00:41:23,042
Women are just
commodities.

909
00:41:23,042 --> 00:41:25,583
You know, I think when
someone pays you for

910
00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:28,042
your body, you cease
to be a human to them.

911
00:41:28,125 --> 00:41:32,292
♪

912
00:41:32,292 --> 00:41:35,042
I tried up until
right before he died

913
00:41:35,208 --> 00:41:37,500
to get him to
respect me.

914
00:41:37,542 --> 00:41:40,167
I wanted Dennis
to see me as...

915
00:41:40,167 --> 00:41:43,292
somewhat of an equal,
like I had a brain.

916
00:41:43,292 --> 00:41:45,083
Not just a body.

917
00:41:45,208 --> 00:41:47,625
♪

918
00:41:47,708 --> 00:41:51,000
[Sonja] Dennis Hof's legacy
is extremely mixed.

919
00:41:51,083 --> 00:41:53,875
He wanted to be on the
map in the sex industry.

920
00:41:53,958 --> 00:41:56,292
He wanted to be
a household name.

921
00:41:56,292 --> 00:41:58,375
He wanted his brothels
to stand out

922
00:41:58,458 --> 00:42:02,000
and be shining beacons
of how you can

923
00:42:02,208 --> 00:42:04,167
uplift the sex industry.

924
00:42:04,208 --> 00:42:05,833
He wanted all of that.

925
00:42:06,042 --> 00:42:09,708
♪

926
00:42:09,833 --> 00:42:12,042
[Sonja] He didn't
get all of that.

927
00:42:12,125 --> 00:42:16,500
♪

928
00:42:16,542 --> 00:42:19,208
We live in a
capitalist system in which

929
00:42:19,292 --> 00:42:23,250
buying and selling is the
nature of this system.

930
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:26,000
And when it involves buying
and selling people,

931
00:42:26,042 --> 00:42:28,542
people's images,
the entertainment of people,

932
00:42:28,625 --> 00:42:31,667
all of those things
involve moral compromise...

933
00:42:31,750 --> 00:42:35,000
to the extent that
my images

934
00:42:35,208 --> 00:42:36,542
recruited people...

935
00:42:36,667 --> 00:42:38,917
who were then...

936
00:42:39,042 --> 00:42:42,417
damaged by their
experience there.

937
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:44,542
I'm guilty.

938
00:42:44,667 --> 00:42:46,208
[Taina] That day will come,

939
00:42:46,292 --> 00:42:49,458
and we will be
ashamed of...

940
00:42:49,542 --> 00:42:51,542
what we were promoting
as entertainment,

941
00:42:51,625 --> 00:42:53,625
when in fact it was...

942
00:42:53,708 --> 00:42:57,542
just abject
human rights abuses...

943
00:42:57,542 --> 00:42:59,708
that were happening
with impunity.

944
00:42:59,833 --> 00:43:02,125
♪