you want me to punch your balls? i ll do it, and you re paying me for it? woo! if the money is good, then i m good. this is right before christmas. my kids need stuff, and i haven t made money in a week, so if it s not shaking for me here, i m moving to somewhere else. tell me who you love more: her or me. who do you love more? over the next 2 days, zoey will promote herself on social media. you see that? give me more hearts. tell me you love me. tell me you miss me. the only way she gets paid is if a customer comes in and picks her to party. maybe i ll show you guys a little something, okay? but there s another woman at the love ranch offering something that no other woman here can sell. hi, i m katherine stone, and i m here to sell my virginity. si acele.. y si acelero no me paran el viento pega en mi cara si acelero no me paran
made 600. it s really slow. so you ve got 2 more days here. mm-hmm. you never know. maybe a miracle walk through the door. that s why i stay: because i don t want to just give up. while the brothel knows that zoey has worked illegally in the past, she tells me she hasn t quite given up that life. what are the biggest differences between working at a legal brothel versus being on your own? a big difference, for me, is the money. right before i came here, like, i had a guy that he partied for 2, 3 days, and i made $20,000. but you also put yourself at risk. yeah, it is getting really dangerous right now. that s why i m here. in every corner of america, women are risking their lives by working in the shadows. violence often goes unreported, but some crimes do make headline news. internet escort ads are linked to horrific deaths in detroit. at least five men have been arrested and charged with
robbing escorts. all of the victims were prostitutes. but inside this legal brothel lies a different reality. staff security monitor who comes in, and any clients behaving badly are quickly removed, but safety is not zoey s main concern. the money is. it s a lesson she learned from her father. my dad was a pimp, and he taught me it s not what you do. it s how you do it. i was a daddy s girl, so i was always with him. whatever he felt like was right, i felt like was right. i thought that i was going to grow up and be a pimp. but instead of pimping, zoey became an escort. have you always worked for yourself? i ve always worked for myself. you ve never had a pimp? never had a pimp in my life. a guy can t force me to do anything. i like to tell guys i m the boss. sometimes guys come in and shocks me is the certain things that they want.
i thought that i was going to come to the brothel, and i was going to become an instant millionaire. my room is down the hall, all the way at the end. zoey has been a legal prostitute for 1 month and an illegal one for the past 4 years. a year ago, she was arrested for prostitution, and, to avoid future trouble, zoey came here to dennis hof s love ranch. i ll show you a little how my week has been. every day, the ladies of the house fill out a time card listing their parties and payment, but for every booking, there are deductions. i only had one client. this was $500 for 30 minutes, so. which sounds like a lot, but. five hundred divided by two, so i get 250 minus room and board, so i m left with 192. do you have, like, a set amount that you really want to make? i want to at least walk away with, you know, $20,000. so about how much do you think you re going to leave here with? my first two pay checks, i
to a place that claims women here are in control. you may have seen it before on an hbo reality show. guys like shiny, big and bright. tonight, we go beyond the reality show veneer to explore the lives of the women who work in legal brothels. hey, bear-bear, what are you doing? i m more of a friend than i am a prostitute. hi, i m zoey. there are a lot of mothers here. did that surprise you? not at all because i know why they re here. hi, i m sarah greenmore. why have they chosen to service customers here and not the streets? this place keeps us very safe. hi, i m katherine stone. what are they risking to be here? i ve never been away from home. i m just having a hard time with people finding out. and what are they getting in return? i m in a licensed legal business. if the money is good, then i m good. think this is worth it? go big or go home.