Prostitutes To Hold Charity Auction

Donors Can Bid On Items Of A 'Personal Nature'

POSTED: 8:25 am CST March 5, 2010
UPDATED: 3:37 pm CST March 5, 2010

Items donated by prostitutes will be auctioned off as part of a two-month charity drive at Nevada’s Chicken Ranch brothel, Las Vegas TV station KVVU reported.

The brothel, based in the town of Pahrump, will post items of a “personal nature” online for customers to bid on.

All proceeds will go to the nonprofit Asta Philpot Foundation, an organization that raises awareness of the emotional and sexual needs of the handicapped.

Philpot is a Miami native who advocates a healthy sexual life for people with disabilities, and whose visit to a legal brothel in Spain was the subject of a 2007 BBC documentary.

“Throughout the 166-year history of the Chicken Ranch, we have always made it a high priority to accommodate the needs of the handicapped,” manager Debbie Rivenburgh said.