It's been a while since we told you about �Thee Bunny
Ranch� in Spartanburg County on Highway 101 South, now
we have some new information.
Since our story first aired about the suspicious
building two weeks ago, word about �Thee Bunny Ranch� is
hopping all over the country, all the way to the mother
�Bunny Ranch� in Reno, Nevada .
Remember, what's scandalous about �Thee Bunny Ranch�
on Highway 101 is that it also claims to be a church.
Now, the building in question is drawing even more
controversy, this time from the owner of the �Bunny
Ranch� in Nevada.
He says the man in charge in Spartanburg County needs
to change the name and come clean with what's going on
there.
The original �Bunny Ranch� sits just outside Reno,
Nevada. And it's been sitting there since 1955. There's
no secret about what's inside. There's babes, lots of
'em, and for a cost. The more you want, the more you
pay. It's a world-famous brothel, even offering
discounts to men in the military, and it's all legal--
completely legal.
Dennis Hof, owner of the �BunnyRanch�, says, �It is a
house of prostitution, it's liquor and sex for the last
49 years.�
All the way from the west side of the country, the
owner of the �Bunny Ranch� in Reno heard about Fox
Carolina's investigation surrounding �Thee Bunny Ranch�
in Spartanburg County and is upset by what he heard.
�The thing that upsets me most is the perception from
religious community that I might be opening up a
cathouse with a religious name to it,� says Hof.
�Thee Bunny Ranch� in Spartanburg also claims to be a
church. It�s called the �Church of Faith, Parsonage.�
The building is secured by a barbed-wire fence. A black
limousine sits parked at the front door. The church's
hours are 4pm-4am. Guests are welcome by appointment
only and for a modest donation of three hundred dollars.
A lot of people say inside, instead of women worshipping
there's a lot of women being worshipped.
�What I got is concerned citizens wanting to know if
I'm going to open up a church and also customers are
asking questions down there thinking we're opening up in
the area. �You�re opening up in South Carolina? Great!
Is Airforce Amy gonna appear there? Which porn stars are
going to be there,�� says Hof.
Fox Carolina tried contacting Charles Penland, the
man who leases the building on Highway 101 and he
refuses to comment. But Penland did tell us before that
�Thee Bunny Ranch� is not a business, it's his home, and
that he can invite whoever he wants there, for whatever
he wants.
Hof says, �If he doesn�t change his name, we're gonna
come down there with real working girls and picket this
place.�
And the owner of the �Bunny Ranch� in Nevada is
serious. He says he's ready to be in Spartanburg County
, with his working girls, as soon as next week.
And we want to point out; we have given Charles
Penland more than enough opportunities to respond to all
of our stories. One time he granted us an interview but
then backed out. Again Monday, he refused to talk with
us.
To comment on this story email FOX Carolina's Jamie
Guirola: [email protected]
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