A lawsuit filed just before the Super Bowl on behalf of a Nevada resident using the name “Jane Doe” is calling for an end to legalized prostitution in the Silver State, accusing brothels and brothel owner Lance Gilman, whose real estate firm brokers properties at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, of being complicit in sex trafficking.
A video was released yesterday by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation on YouTube titled Super Bowl 2024 Nevada Brothel Sex Trafficking Lawsuit mentioning the court action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Rr9T46Gxk...
The lawsuit claims that from 2017 to 2022 Jane Doe was “induced to engage in commercial sex acts through force, fraud, and coercion - including psychological manipulation, constraints on her movement, and debt - in legal brothels operating in Nevada.”
The lawsuit names four brothels: the Mustang Ranch just east of Sparks, The Chicken Ranch in Pahrump, the Desert Rose Club in Elko, and Bella’s Hacienda Ranch in Lamoille.
It also names Gov. Joe Lombardo and Attorney General Aaron Ford in the accused.
The suit alleges workers at the Mustang Ranch are forced to sign NDA agreements, fined for missing lineup calls when an unannounced customer arrives, being locked inside, prevented from leaving for weeks, having their car keys taken away from them and being forced to turn over earnings. Other accusations include allegations women are being sent to Reno for sex buyers outside the premises of the brothel.
In an RGJ article, Russell Greer, with the political action committee called A Safer Nevada, aimed at expanding legal brothels is quoted as saying it’s another “frivolous” lawsuit attacking Nevada’s brothel industry, while the report indicates Gilman and the governor’s office didn’t respond to requests for comment, while the attorney general’s office said it does not comment on any pending litigation.