Harry Mohney (born May 30, 1943) is the founder of

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, a U.S. company which (as of 2006) owns about 132

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s and numerous other adult businesses in 41 U.S. states, as well as multiple clubs abroad. For a period of time, he was the single largest pornographer and distributor of adult material in the world.

Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu is headquartered in

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; it was founded and is controlled by Harry Mohney, who partnered with Roger Forbes and opened his first Déjà Vu strip club in

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in 1987. At the time, his main business was the large-scale distribution of

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. The gentleman clubs are called "Déjà Vu Showgirls", "Little Darlings" or "Dream Girls" or (by agreement with Mohney's long-time friends

Jimmy Flynt Jimmy Ray Flynt (; born June 20, 1948) is the co-founder of ''Hustler''. Flynt has been tried alongside his brother Larry Flynt (1942–2021) in many battles involving the First Amendment − most notably in 1977 for obscenity charges in Cincinna ...

and

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who are not involved in the management of the clubs) "Larry Flynt's

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" and "Hustler Barely Legal". Déjà Vu also owns most of the

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s and clubs in

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, but these however carry different names.

Reuben Sturman Lifetime Achievement Award

On January 7, 2005, Jimmy Flynt presented Harry Mohney with the

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Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2005 AVN Awards, which were held at the Venetian Hotel

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Erotic Heritage Museum

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, and it is located at 3275 Industrial Road in

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. Mohney is the museum's grand patron. The museum opened on August 2, 2008.

References

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