I don’t wanna do it.’ He said, ‘Trust me.’ And I ain’t never looked back.” Gangster Brown If I get on the news before I’m in trouble, I’m gonna get in trouble. I said, ‘Dennis, why should I do the Rita Cosby news show? I’m not in trouble. Had me do the MSNBC Rita Cosby news show. With unmistakable pride, Gangster Brown says, “Dennis Hof was a personal friend of mine.

He’s referencing Hugh Grant’s sex scandal in 1995, when the British actor was arrested for soliciting a prostitute (i.e., Brown) on Sunset Boulevard. Do you remember Divine Brown ? I’m the gentlemen that she was with at the time on June 27, 1995.” “They call me Gangster Brown, from Oakland, California. He says, “You and I may be the only brown people in here.” The tall black man rocking a long white pimp suit meets my interview request with a broad, familiar smile. None of them look eager to be interviewed. Six hundred people are expected as a guests. I wander my way through the casino and its avenues of neon and noise, trying to find The Royal Crown Room where the memorial for Hof will be held. I step past retirees busy feeding their retirements into slot machines, one quarter at a time. Inside, the air tastes of stale cigarette smoke. ” The question is, of course: How much should anyone celebrate a man who goes to the grave with a fresh rape allegation and numerous other sexual assault accusations?Īs I walk up to Casino Fandango, which sits along an asphalt continuum of car dealerships, motel chains and fast-food restaurants, the Bee-Gees blare from the parking lot speakers in their disco-era falsetto. This, however, is where they’ve decided to commemorate the life and legacy of Dennis Hof, the man most recently nicknamed the “Trump from Pahrump. It’s an unglamorous place to celebrate a man famous for his outsized ego and legal daring.

First, though, he must be memorialized.Ĭarson City is a sparse rural town.

But since he’s dead, if he wins public office, he’ll have to be replaced. Smart money says he’s also about to be elected as a state lawmaker. I’ve come to a casino in the capitol of Nevada for the memorial of a dead pimp.

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