A ‘massage parlor’ folds after lawsuits

A “for lease” sign now hangs in a window at 2352 Wisconsin Ave. in Northwest.

To finally kick out the alleged brothel that used to be there, it took two lawsuits by D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles and one police raid.

Nickles filed the first lawsuit against what was commonly known as Venus in May 2007, demanding it shut down until it obtained a license to operate as a massage parlor.