LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A choose rescheduled a jury trial for accused sexual predator Nathan Chasing Horse. The ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor is charged in reference to alleged sexual abuse towards three ladies, two of them after they have been underage, in Nevada.
Clark County District Courtroom Decide Jessica Peterson rescheduled the jury trial from Aug. 4 to Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2026.
Chasing Horse, 49, who stays in custody, appeared within the courtroom.
Prison protection legal professional Craig Mueller instructed Peterson there was an enormous quantity of proof to undergo, and he wanted extra time to organize. He additionally referred to a settlement convention with prosecutors.
“Hopefully we’ll make some progress,” Mueller mentioned.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Chasing Horse at his North Las Vegas house in January 2023. A Clark County grand jury indicted Chasing Horse in October for 21 felony fees together with 10 counts of sexual assault with a minor beneath 16 years of age, six counts of sexual assault, two counts of possession of visible presentation depicting sexual conduct of a kid, and one depend every of use of a minor beneath the age of 14 in producing pornography, open or gross lewdness, and first-degree kidnapping of a minor. One cost dates again to 2010, in keeping with court docket paperwork. Two ladies testified in entrance of the grand jury that Nathan Chasing Horse used his standing as a “Medicine Man” within the Native American tradition to victimize them. The 8 Information Now Investigators obtained transcripts from grand jury proceedings, which additionally reveal challenges in speaking with a 3rd alleged sufferer.
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Some proof within the case is sealed. Prosecutors mentioned they’ve obtained no less than two movies of Chasing Horse sexually assaulting a baby.
A number of women and girls beforehand reported that Chasing Horse sexually abused them for almost twenty years, however their stories didn’t instantly lead to felony fees.
Chasing Horse was beforehand charged with 18 counts in Clark County District Courtroom in reference to alleged sexual abuse towards two of the three ladies within the present case.
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The Nevada Supreme Courtroom dismissed the earlier indictment in a Sept. 26 order and mentioned prosecutors mustn’t have outlined “grooming” to the grand jury.
Chasing Horse was beforehand represented by the Clark County Public Defender’s workplace earlier than hiring Mueller. The jury trial has been rescheduled a number of occasions. Chasing Horse stays in custody in a Las Vegas jail with a $500,000 bond, jail data present.
Along with the Las Vegas case, there are warrants for Chasing Horse’s arrest in Montana and Canada.
8 Information Now Investigator Vanessa Murphy will be reached at [email protected]. To contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline, name 1-800-656-4673.
