Search warrants and federal affidavits unsealed Thursday show that a high-end prostitution business in Denver was operating out of a house in City Park West and an apartment south of Coors Field.

Employees and the owner of Denver Sugar/ Denver Players have not been arrested, despite an 18-month investigation that includes interviews with former employees and the seizure of the owner’s cash, financial records and computers.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dave Gaouette said the investigation continues and would not say when an arrest may take place.

“There is nothing else we can comment on,” Gaouette said.

Brenda Lynn Stewart, the 32-year-old owner of Denver Sugar/Denver Players, declined to comment when contacted Thursday.

The search warrants were served in January at Stewart’s home in the 1300 block of Monaco Parkway and at one of the alleged prostitution locations in the 1600 block of Fillmore Street.

Affidavits filed by Internal Revenue Service special agent Chad Eichelberger show that Stewart told an undercover informant that she had been an escort for 10 years before she started her business. Clients of Denver Sugar/Denver Players paid about $300 an hour for sex acts, the court records say.

Agents seized notebooks, business cards and phone lists that include client names. Escorts have told 9News that clients included people in prominent positions.

One of Stewart’s employees told investigators that she worked three nights a week, saw three to four customers a night and earned between $200,000 to $300,000 in the two years she worked for Denver Sugar/Denver Players.

The affidavits say that Stewart took one-third of the escorts’ fees but that her tax returns did not reflect the income.

Felisa Cardona: 303-954-1219 or fcardona@denverpost.com

