Former El Pasoan Files Lawsuit After Denied License To Open Group Sex Club In Las Vegas

When swinger David Cooper moved from Roman Catholic-dominated El Paso, Texas, to Las Vegas, he figured he was going to the most open place in the U.S. for sexually oriented businesses.

Las Vegas, after all, advertises itself as the mecca for naughty adults.

But after a few years, his new hometown turned out to be, in his opinion, a den of hypocrisy.

Now he?s suing Clark County, current and former commissioners and top county officials in federal court over the county?s refusal to approve a business license for the group sex club he wanted to open in Commercial Center, 953 E. Sahara Ave. He argues that the denial made no sense given that he would have been practically next door to another swingers club.

The lawsuit, filed Friday by Cooper?s attorney, Lisa Rasmussen, alleges that the county violated his constitutional rights under the 14th Amendment?s equal protection clause because similar clubs have been allowed to operate at Commercial Center.

Cooper operated clubs – some sexually-oriented – at different times in El Paso several years ago before moving to Las Vegas.

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