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Nevada's Moonlite BunnyRanch: Sex, chaos, rock 'n' roll scandals over the years
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Nevada's Moonlite BunnyRanch: Sex, chaos, rock 'n' roll scandals over the years

Nevada's Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel, formerly owned by Dennis Hof, has been rocked by tragedies and headline-grabbing incidents since its 1950s opening.

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The Moonlite BunnyRanch, a legal brothel in western Nevada open since the mid-1950s, rose to national fame at the turn of the century thanks to HBO's "Cathouse" reality series and several related documentaries.

It returned to the spotlight earlier this week after Tiara Tae, an employee, was accused of firing off a gun inside following a dispute with a co-worker.

She told Fox News Digital Wednesday she was wrongfully accused, although the Lyon County Sheriff's Office said that was unlikely.

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Prosecutors have not returned messages seeking comment.

Over the years, the brothel, formerly owned by Dennis Hof from 1992 until his death in 2018, has seen a number of scandals, tragedies and other noteworthy events. Here are a few:

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil accused of assaulting prostitute

In July 2003, Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil was accused of grabbing a BunnyRanch worker named Andrea Terry by the throat and slamming her into a wall, MTV reported at the time.

He pleaded no contest, received a fine and was ordered to attend anger management.

However, the Las Vegas Sun later reported that Hof did not believe the accusations.

"In my opinion, Vince Neil did nothing wrong," Hof told the paper in 2004. "She was an opportunist."

It wasn't Neil's first run-in with the law. The rock star has a history of drunken driving offenses, including a DWI crash in 1984 that killed his passenger Nicholas Dingley, a 24-year-old drummer.

In 2016, he was charged with a misdemeanor in Las Vegas for allegedly poking an ex-girlfriend hard enough to leave a bruise during an argument.

Former employee murdered in Oklahoma City

A shocking quadruple shooting in Oklahoma City in 2009 led to six murder charges for the suspects because two of the victims were pregnant, including former BunnyRanch worker Brooke Phillips, 22.

Hof in 2016 told the Reno Gazette he would normally oppose the death penalty but supported it for the suspects. Three men ultimately received life sentences and a fourth, who took a plea deal, got 25 years.

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