LAS VEGAS — America’s first legal male prostitute has left a rural Nevada brothel after a two-month stint that generated plenty of attention but fewer than 10 paying customers.
Brothel owner Jim Davis said yesterday that the Shady Lady Ranch had parted ways with the “prostitude’’ who worked under the name Markus.
A replacement has been hired, but Davis hinted it was possible that Markus, a 25-year-old Alabama native, could be back.
The tiny yellow brothel is 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Markus, who like other sex workers has asked that his real name not be used, didn’t immediately respond to an e-mail message seeking comment.
Bobbi Davis, who co-owns the brothel with her husband and runs it as its madam, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the departure of Markus was a mutual decision.
She said the brothel would keep employing men to have sex with women, including its latest hire, a Las Vegas man in his mid-30s who works under the name Y. Not and has had about 10 customers.
