Lawsuit seeks to legalize prostitution in California

Two lawyers have filed a high-profile case that seeks to legalize prostitution in California. Lou Sirkin and Brian O’Connor of Cincinnati-based Santen & Hughes, filed the case last month in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on behalf of an organization representing prostitutes known as the Erotic Service Provider Legal, Education & Research Project. It named plaintiffs in the case as three current or former prostitutes and a man with a disability who wants to be able to legally hire prostitutes. Their…