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Prostitute Blames McDonald's For Driving Her Into Profession
By Phil Villarreal on March 28, 2012 9:15 AM  
We've heard of people blaming McDonald's for getting them fat or burning their grandchildren with hot liquid, but rare is the occasion that the fast food giant is accused of leading one into a life of prostitution. But if you live long enough, you see everything, hence a federal court case in which a woman accuses McDonald's and her franchisee ex-husband of pushing her into the world's oldest profession in the 1980s. More »

Dunkin' Donuts Staffer Adds 'Sex In Parking Lot' To Drive-Thru Menu
By Chris Morran on August 2, 2011 1:21 PM  
It's officially time to declare a Dunkin' Donuts crime wave. First came the report of a DD staffer putting a little something extra in cops' coffee. Now, it's an employee who decided to spice up the late-night menu with sex-for-cash in the parking lot. More »

Nevada Lawmakers Talk About Getting Rid Of Brothels
By Phil Villarreal on February 24, 2011 9:45 AM  
While prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas and Reno, each county in Nevada is allowed to determine whether or not the world's oldest profession is acceptable. Ten counties in Nevada allow brothels, and Nevada Senator Harry Reid asked state legislators to consider outlawing them, sparking a debate among elected officials and the business owners. More »

Child Advocates Say Super Bowl Is Hotbed Of Underage Prostitution
By Phil Villarreal on February 1, 2011 2:30 PM  
Law enforcement officials and child advocacy groups say the Super Bowl is a prime occasion for child prostitution, with pimps taking advantage of the influx of tourists, money and mayhem to sell sex with underage prostitutes. More »

What It Costs To Whore Out Celebrities On Twitter
By Phil Villarreal on November 22, 2010 2:30 PM  
If you're a deep-pocketed advertiser who thinks all your product needs to get over the top is some Twitter love from Marlon Wayans, Khloe Kardashian or Lindsay Lohan, pull out your checkbook, because you're just a payment away from making it happen. More »

America's First Legal Male Prostitute Quits After Three Months
By Chris Walters on March 29, 2010 6:20 PM  
Markus, the first legal male prostitute in the U.S., hung his shingle at the Shady Lady Ranch in Nevada in January. Since then he's had "fewer than 10 paying customers" according to the Associated Press (which seems to imply there were some free samples maybe?), so he's quitting and going back into porn. In other words, there's a new opening at Shady Lady, gentlemen. Wait, that totally didn't sound right. More »

Since Phone Sex Exists, Why Not Xbox Live Sex?
By Phil Villarreal on March 23, 2010 10:00 AM  
GameCrush, a service that lets gamers pay to play online with women, goes live today, IGN reports. You sign up, scan through hundreds of profiles, set up a "play date" and see where the pixels take you. More »

Topeka Changes Name To Google For All Of March
By Phil Villarreal on March 11, 2010 8:45 AM  
In a remarkably crass act of prostitution, Topeka has up and changed its name to Google for the month, ABS-CBN News reports. The name change is a way for the mayor to thank Google for using Topeka as a test ground for a high-speed internet network. More »

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Don't Call The Police To Complain About The Prostitute You Tried To Hire
By Chris Walters on January 22, 2010 2:01 PM  
A man in New Hampshire called the police earlier this week to report a theft of services complaint. Unfortunately for him, the services happened to be sexual, which meant he was also basically turning himself in for soliciting prostitution. Both he and the alleged prostitute were arrested. More »

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Coming To Nevada Brothels In 2010: Male Prostitutes
By Chris Walters on December 14, 2009 7:28 PM  
If you've always skipped the brothels while in Nevada because they didn't offer the kind of companionship you're looking for, Merry Christmas! On Friday, the Nevada Board of Health changed its health code so that male sex workers can be tested regularly for STDs, which means starting next year men can sell sexual favors alongside the women working at the Shady Lady Ranch. More »

Schwarzenegger Asked To Close Prostitution Ratings Website
By Chris Walters on October 1, 2009 11:28 PM  

—>At Punternet.com you can rate UK prostitutes, find out about British massage parlors, and participate in a bulletin board about all things prostitutey. ("Punter" = "john" in British slang.) Yesterday a British government minister asked Arnold Schwarzenegger to shut it down, because although it concerns the British sex industry—where prostitution isn't illegal—it's based in California.  More »

Baristas Flash Their Hoohas At The Grab-n-Go, Get Charged With Prostitution
By Chris Walters on September 28, 2009 6:42 PM  

—>We're not at the "full body latte" stage just yet, but Grab-n-Go Espresso in Everett, Washington has apparently taken us right up to that edge with their espresso stands where baristas show skin while serving coffee. Now five Grab-n-Go baristas have been charged "with multiple counts of prostitution and violating the city's adult entertainment ordinance."  More »

Market Forces And Recession Hurt Nevada's Legal Brothels
By Laura Northrup on June 30, 2009 12:25 PM  

—>Legal brothels in Nevada are in a situation that has seemingly wandered out of an Economics 101 textbook. Scary as it is to reduce In the recession, more women are entering sex work (both legal and illegal) but there are fewer customers to go around.  More »

Definitely Not "Free"To-Lay: Woman Arrested For Trading Sex For Chips
By Lucy Bayly on June 29, 2009 7:44 PM  

—>You know you're in a recession when you have to barter starchy snacks for oral sex.  More »

Man Uses Geek Squad Badge To Impersonate Cop, Coerce Sex Out Of Prostitute
By Chris Walters on June 22, 2009 9:00 PM  

—>If a man says he's a police officer and flashes a badge at you, then tells you to have sex with him or he'll arrest you, make sure the badge doesn't say Geek Squad on it first. That's what a woman says happened to her in Parsippany, New Jersey last week.  More »

Craigslist Sues Attorney General Of South Carolina
By Meg Marco on May 20, 2009 4:35 PM  

—>Craigslist has announced that they are suing South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster "seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order with respect to criminal charges he has repeatedly threatened against craigslist and its executives." It's on, people.  More »

Craigslist Will Drop "Erotic Services" Section
By Meg Marco on May 13, 2009 4:42 PM  

—>Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal has announced that Craigslist will be dropping its controversial "erotic services" section, and will replace it with a moderated "adult" category.   More »

ShamWow Guy Arrested For Beating Up Prostitute
By Chris Walters on March 27, 2009 11:59 PM  

—>Slap chop to the face! Vince Shlomi, aka the ShamWow Guy, aka You're Gonna Love My Nuts, was "arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room," reports the Smoking Gun.  More »

Nevada Brothel Offers $50 Gas Voucher To Customers
By Chris Walters on July 9, 2008 6:43 PM  
Clients of the Shady Lady Ranch will get a $50 gas voucher if they fork out $300—worth about one hour's worth of services—at the brothel in Beatty, Nevada, 130 miles northwest of Las Vegas.  More »

About a third of Amsterdam's red light district brothels will soon close as part of a $35 million real estate deal, so if you're planning on visiting the city, you'll have 51 fewer windows to tempt/amuse you. [ReutersMore »