America’s Highest Paid Hooker�Sues Nevada To Reopen Brothels
Tyler
Durden Tue, 12/08/2020 – 23:45
Alice Little, a legal sex worker in Nevada and
quite possibly the highest-paid one in the US, is suing the state
of Nevada to reopen its brothels, according to Yahoo
Life.
Little is an employee at the BunnyRanch Legal Nevada Brothel in
Mound House, Nevada. The brothel has been closed since Mar.
17, despite other “close contact” businesses
reopening.
Little recently filed a complaint and motion for a preliminary
injunction against Nevada’s Gov. Steve Sisolak in the Third
Judicial District Court in Lyon County to reopen brothels. She
cites unstated damages for her lost wages and seeks the right for
her and other licensed sex workers to “ply their legal trade” at
private locations.
The lawsuit said Sisolak has “without any rational
basis, decided to single out brothels.”
Last month, a Nevada court ordered the state’s attorney
general to respond to Little’s legal action within 30 days.
“It would be understandable if the governor kept all
close-contact businesses closed. But the fact that massage parlors,
estheticians, salons, escort services and other non-essential
businesses have been allowed to reopen lead me to believe that the
governor’s decision to keep brothels closed is just blatant
discrimination against Nevada’s legal sex workers,” Little said in
a press release.“I just can’t let the governor arbitrarily decimate the
livelihoods of an entire class of hard-working women. That’s why I
decided to take legal action.”
Little is drumming up her legal battle with the state. She
launched a GoFundMe campaign
last month that has so far raised $8,404 for her legal
defense.
The high-rolling hooker said her lawsuit has been “self-funded
up to this point, and now I’m asking for your help to allow me to
pursue this case all the way through to a successful victory.”
The Nevada
Independent spoke with other sex workers who say the brothel
shutdown is “discriminatory.”
Kiki Lover, an employee of the Sagebrush, told the local paper
that Sisolak is “discriminating against sex workers,” adding that
the industry’s collapse has forced many women out, and some are now
homeless.
Little told Yahoo that the risk level of contracting COVID-19 is
not that different from other services, such as a massage
parlor.
In April, brothels were
preparing to reopen, but eight or so months of closure, at the
hands of the state government, has forced the industry into
collapse.
