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Eventually, she made a deal with Joe Richards, who owns three Nevada brothels, in part to prove she would run a clean business. There's also the felony hitch. State law allows counties to refuse a brothel license to convicted felons. County Commissioner Candace Trummell said Wednesday that county attorneys were looking at the proposal, and it was unclear whether the plan would be approved.

Fleiss' Las Vegas attorney, Richard Schonfeld, said state law allows for some discretion, and her partner, a 30-year brothel operator, has said Fleiss' name would not be on the license. Her role would be more promotional, and her job title would be "hostess/madam," Richards added. Brothel employees, both men said, are typically subjected to a far lesser degree of legal scrutiny.

In a letter to the Nye County Liquor and Licensing Board, Richards also said the business would not be a new one. He and Fleiss would remodel and change the name of one of his existing bordellos, which is now a bar and a collection of trailers called the Cherry Patch about 20 miles north of Pahrump.

Fleiss added that she plans to swap the bordello's Western theme for a more Hollywood look, with waterfalls and palm trees. "It's gonna be like Leo DiCaprio in 'The Aviator,' " she said, "and I'm going to put out a casting call for about 20 guys — I bet I get thousands of applicants."