No. 1 Geisha

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No. 1 Geisha
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No. 1 Geisha
Location in Nevada
Former namesMona Lisa Ranch
CharDon's Club
AddressDouglas Street [1]
Location Elko, Nevada
Coordinates 40°49′45″N115°45′39″W / 40.82915°N 115.76088°W / 40.82915; -115.76088
Construction
Closed2011

No. 1 Geisha was a legal brothel (ranch) and massage parlor in Elko, Nevada. [2] [3] The women who worked there were of Asian heritage. [4] It was previously known as the Mona Lisa Ranch and CharDon's Club. [2] [5] [6]

In January 2011, a proprietor of the brothel was sentenced to prison time in a Federal court for operating an illegal massage parlor in Seattle in addition to the legal operation in Nevada. The sentencing memorandum stated that “While on pre-trial release, [the owner of No. 1 Geisha] attempted to recruit women to work at the legal brothel in Elko ... He claimed that he needed to travel to Nevada to do repair work on his home; yet he was reported by the Elko Police Department and a confidential source that he was in Elko to recruit a ‘lessee’ and additional employees for the legal brothel.” [7] The federal government seized close to $50,000 in assets from the legal brothel in Nevada in relation to the illegal operations in California and Washington. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Andreson, Ross (January 25, 2011). "Brothel No. 1 Geisha". Elko Daily Free Press. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Brents, Barbara G. (2009). The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland. Routledge. p. 8. ISBN   9781135280239.
  3. ↑ Stolley, Richard B. (August 18, 2009). "Elko, Nevada: Where the recession never hit". CNN . Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "#1 Geisha Massage and Brothel". The Las Vegas Courtesan. April 7, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Cury, James Oliver (2003). The Playboy Guide to Bachelor Parties: Everything You Need to Know About Planning the Groom's Rite of Passage-From Simple to Sinful. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743245623.
  6. ↑ "Elko Brothels". NV Brothels. Archived from the original on February 7, 2003. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ DuBach, Jared (January 25, 2011). "Brothel may lose license after federal case". Elko Daily Free Press. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ DuBach, Jared (August 3, 2010). "No. 1 Geisha brothel cash seized, city eyes property". Elko Daily Free Press. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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