Trials & Litigation
2 women sue Las Vegas hotels for allegedly allowing trafficking on premises
Two women who alleged that they were trafficked for years by convicted sex offender and former actor Nathan Chasing Horse, seen here in a 2023 police booking photo in Las Vegas, filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing several Las Vegas hotels of knowingly allowing the abuse to continue on their premises. (Photo by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via Getty Images)
Two women who alleged that they were trafficked for years by convicted sex offender and former actor Nathan Chasing Horse filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing several Las Vegas hotels of knowingly allowing the abuse to continue on their premises.
Filed in U.S. district dourt in Nevada, the civil suit accuses the Boyd Gaming Corp., which owned and operated the Cannery Casino & Hotel, and Station Casinos, operator of the Santa Fe Station Hotel and Casino, of ignoring repeated warning signs while continuing to rent rooms to Chasing Horse and allegedly profiting from trafficking operations.
The women, identified only by their initials, alleged that they were forced into sex acts at the casino hotels between 2014 and 2022. The suit comes days after Chasing Horse was sentenced to life in prison after his conviction on multiple sex crimes, according to a story by USA Today.
The suit was brought under the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which allows survivors to pursue civil claims against businesses that knowingly benefit from trafficking on their premises. The suit also claims negligence, gross negligence and recklessness.
USA Today said it reached out to the defendant companies and Chasing Horse’s attorney for comment.
See also:
In growing trend, suits seek to hold motel operators liable for human trafficking
Federal sex-trafficking law has led to an increase in suits against hotel chains
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