{"id":155133,"date":"2020-11-12T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=155133"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:46:58","slug":"rap-song-leads-to-pimps-arrest-over-prostitute-at-las-vegas-casino-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rap-song-leads-to-pimps-arrest-over-prostitute-at-las-vegas-casino-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap Song Leads to Pimp\u2019s Arrest Over \u2018Prostitute\u2019 at Las Vegas Casino: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have arrested a 23-year-old accused pimp whose rap song references \u201cprostitutes,\u201d including one who worked for him at the Cosmopolitan Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan Casino, seen here, towers over the Las Vegas Strip. The resort has implemented in-house security measures to counter a recent wave of violence on the Strip. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Letorian Hunt was arrested Oct. 7. He was charged Oct. 29 with two counts of pandering and two counts of living from the earnings of a prostitute, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Hunt has been released on bail. He is due in court on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

Before arresting him, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers heard a rap song supposedly composed by Hunt. The song references two successful \u201cprostitutes\u201d working for him, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n

One woman worked at the Cosmopolitan, the police report states.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was arrested for soliciting prostitution in the Cosmopolitan, which tied to the song,\u201d according to the police report.<\/p>\n

Police had been monitoring Hunt\u2019s social media accounts for at least a year before arresting him. He made numerous posts that tagged photos of a Las Vegas gated community and implied he was a pimp, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n

One post reads, \u201cRoses are red, violets are blue, if you come be my hoe you can be this fly to.\u201d (sic)<\/p>\n

In-House Security<\/h2>\n

During the summer and early fall, violence on the Strip left several people hospitalized in separate incidents.<\/p>\n

Police told county officials \u201ca good portion\u201d of the violence is coming from out-of-state gangs<\/a> and visitors. In response, the combined city-county police department, known locally as Metro, stepped up its presence in tourist areas. Metro calls this program Operation Persistent Pressure.<\/p>\n

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The Cosmopolitan is among resorts that beefed up their in-house security<\/a> last month in response to the wave of violence on the Strip. The Cosmopolitan towers over the older Jockey Club on the west side of the famous resort corridor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Cosmopolitan now limits entry to customers who have hotel or restaurant reservations, or are rewards members. These restrictions take place on Fridays and Saturdays from 6 pm to 6 am. Guests also are scanned with a metal detector and have their bags checked.<\/p>\n

In addition, Metro officers are stationed at doors designated for patrons to enter and leave the Cosmopolitan.<\/p>\n

Legal Prostitution<\/h2>\n

Prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas and Reno, but legal at licensed brothels in some rural Nevada counties.<\/p>\n

Nevada is the only state with legalized prostitution.<\/p>\n

The Reno Gazette-Journal<\/em> in August reported that the World Famous Mustang Ranch Brothel in Northern Nevada began offering off-property escort services. This occurred after brothels, and most other businesses, were closed under state-mandated COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n

Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro told the newspaper that nothing in the restrictions prohibits escort services.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s an escort. There are no sex services,\u201d the sheriff said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jeff Page, county manager in nearby Lyon County, said the state\u2019s COVID-19 restrictions apparently do not allow for escort services. Legal brothels also operate in Lyon County.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how you perform the duties of a prostitute with a mask and social distancing requirements,\u201d he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Lyon County sex worker Alice Little recently sued Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) for ordering brothels closed during the coronavirus pandemic. She called the closures \u201carbitrary,\u201d the Reno Gazette-Journal<\/em> reported. The lawsuit is in Lyon County District Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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