My Godfather Was Joe Conforte, Nevada’s ‘King of Prostitution’

He owned the country’s most famous brothel, Mustang Ranch

Joe Conforte at the top of his game. Photo: Pahrump Valley Times

Few people can say their spiritual growth was entrusted to an actual “godfather” — not just the religious kind, also the “Don” kind. I had just that in Giuseppe Conforte, better known as Joe Conforte — even better known as “the King of Prostitution.”