Prostitute claims she was regularly raped by Dennis Hof when she worked at his legal brothels in Nevada
A former prostitute has claimed she was regularly raped by Dennis Hof during the six months she worked at one of his legal brothels in Nevada.
Jennifer O'Kane Lawrence also alleges he once beat her so badly when she tried to flee that she ended up in hospital with multiple seizures.
The shocking accusations are made in a new A&E documentary series, Secrets From The Bunny Ranch.
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Allegations: Jennifer O'Kane Lawrence has claimed she was raped on a regular basis by Dennis Hof during the six months she worked at three of his brothels
Brothel owner: Dennis Hof owned seven legal bordellos in Nevada, including the Moonlite BunnyRanch. He died in 2018.
It exposes what it claims is the seedy underside of the brothels, run by Hof from 1992 until his death in 2018.
Jennifer first started at Hof's Love Ranch South in Nevada and was only a legal prostitute for six months.
But in that time she claimed she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Hof at two of his brothels and left for dead when she tried to leave.
Speaking in the latest episode of the documentary, Jennifer said she was first raped by him on her first day at the Love Ranch South, where she worked under the pseudonym Karmen Leigh.
'Dennis was in my room, and he asked me to sit on the bed,' she recalled. 'The door was closed, and he told me to get undressed and I did.
'Dennis started touching me and he said he gets to try all the flavors. I told him I didn't think I needed to sleep with my boss. He's like, "I've got to try you - this is how it's got to be."
'I did not authorize Dennis Hof to have sex with me, nor did I get paid,' she continued.
'I know and I feel in every bone in my body that Dennis Hof raped me. He owns us, he owns you and so he gets to try you.'
Jennifer claimed the incident was swept under the rug after she tried reporting it both at the brothel and with the police.
'I went into the town, and I went to the Nye County Sheriff's Office, and I said I wanted to report a rape. He said who? I said Dennis Hof. It didn't even faze him. It was like… and? What do you want me to do?
'I learned that day that I was a prostitute. I was nothing more than the trash underneath their feet.
'The police didn't help me. The house staff don't care. No one cared - that was it.'
Jennifer said she walked out of the police station and went back to the brothel at Love Ranch South.
'I was completely trapped at the brothel at that time. I had no money for food, I had no money for a hotel. I was stuck 25 miles outside of town in the middle of nowhere.
'I had a moment that this was my life, I'm going to make as much money as I can as fast as I can and I'm going to get the hell out of here.'
Jennifer revealed she had initially turned to the brothel to escape her abusive husband, Johnny, and was led to believe it would be a safe working environment because of what she saw on the HBO Cathouse, which was a popular television show about the brothel.
Treated like property: 'When Dennis decided that he liked me… he raped me on a regular basis any time he was at the property,' Jennifer claimed of Hof
Sex trade: Hof and his Bunnies at The BunnyRanch Brothel in 2008
Unfortunately, the violence from Hof did not stop and she claimed she was repeatedly raped by him in the short time she was employed at his brothels.
'Once I got to his lair and he had handcuffs, toys, and all of that on the bed already,' she recalled after Hof had flown her to work at the Moonlite BunnyRanch.
'He would handcuff me to the bed. He would then stick things in me. It wasn't even sex; he would literally shove things in me that hurt.
'He dominated me. That's all he did and by doing those things, he felt like he had control over me.'
She continued: 'When Dennis decided that he liked me… he raped me on a regular basis any time he was at the property.
'So, if he was there for a week, it was every night or every other night, or a couple of times a day.'
While Jennifer desperately wanted to leave the industry, she became stuck there once her abusive ex-husband had tracked her down.
'I didn't leave the brothel because the fear factor was there,' she explained. 'The protection was there. I had already been through Dennis raping me, but I wasn't getting beat, so those were my choices.'
Jennifer's luck began to change when she met Michael, her now husband, at Hof's Love Ranch in Pahrump.
Torment: Jennifer claimed she was so badly beaten by Hof's employees when she tried to leave that she had multiple seizures and ended up in hospital
Business: Hof served as the owner of Moonlite BunnyRanch from 1992 until his death in 2018
After striking up a connection, the pair continued to speak daily, and Michael spent 'quite a bit of money and kept coming back.'
Eventually, during Jennifer's sixth month at the brothel, the couple decided that she was going to leave for good.
The decision, however, was said to infuriate Hof who allegedly set his workers on her as she was backing out of the ranch in her U-Haul truck with her belongings.
She was left so badly beaten that she had multiple seizures and was taken to hospital with head injuries.
'Dennis made it very, very, very clear that I was not to leave. That was his vagina. I thought I could quit a job… [but] it didn't work that way,' she said.
Recounting the brutal attack, Jennifer claimed: 'Dennis sent his girls to beat the s**t out of me and try and kill me and they did a pretty good damn job.
'I was on the ground having grand mal seizures. Seizure after seizure after seizure. I knew every single one of them, I had smoked with them, I had done parties with them, I knew these people personally.
'I remember waking up in the hospital. I had a head injury and so Michael took me to his house, he took care of me. I never got restitution from that. I had to pay the hospital bills from it.
'Maybe a month later, my abusive ex-husband put a bullet in a young lady's head, and he shot himself in the head.'
According to Mayo Clinic, a grand mal seizure causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions.
Following the attack, Jennifer moved in with Michael and the pair went on to buy a house together – and they have been together ever since.
'My life is the best it's ever been in 53 years,' she gushed. 'I tell him all the time that he's my knight in shining armor and I'm waiting for the ball to drop. I have a great life.'
The Moonlite BunnyRanch previously slammed the allegations made against Hof in Secrets Of The Bunny Ranch in a statement to DailyMail.com.
They said: 'We note that allegations against Mr Hof are not new.
'During his lifetime, Mr Hof publicly addressed and denied similar accusations through official statements and media responses, including detailed rebuttals available on his website.
'We find it particularly concerning that these matters are being revisited now, when Mr Hof is no longer alive to personally respond to or defend himself against any claims.
'The timing raises serious questions about fairness, as the accused party cannot provide their perspective or defense.'
They added: 'The Moonlite BunnyRanch has always operated in compliance with Nevada state regulations governing legal brothels, and we remain committed to maintaining the highest standards of operation and worker safety.'
