You'd be surprised how many people don't know that prostitution is illegal in LV. Most people know Nevada has legal brothels, so many assume it's legal everywhere in the state.

As for how he came up with a figure of 1.8m ... ya, probably lacking some braincells.

He will be immortalized on the Internet as the angry drunk in Las Vegas who sued the hooker. Looking for a job? Your potential employers will know. Want to get married? Your future wife will probably know (might be a good test to be sure she really loves you, since she will clearly know you are a dip shit). Want to run for political office? Hah!

I have no idea what the law is - but it seems to me it would be very difficult to enforce an implied contract when it is against the law - so I can't say whether he might get anything, but my guess is that since it has made it to the point that it is in the papers, they are not settling.

Talk about putting a permanent black mark on your reputation - even if one has no issue with p4p, the guy has marked himself as dumb as dirt.

Zig