LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The trial for the previous Republican congressional candidate and ex-wrestler charged with homicide will start subsequent 12 months, a Las Vegas choose dominated Thursday.
Daniel Rodimer is accused of punching Christopher Tapp, 47, inside Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 29, 2023, resulting in Tapp’s demise. Docs pronounced Tapp lifeless at a Las Vegas hospital on Nov. 5, 2023.
The Clark County coroner’s workplace dominated Tapp’s demise a murder on account of blunt power trauma to his head, paperwork stated. A scan confirmed he suffered a number of mind bleeds.
In April 2024, a Clark County grand jury indicted Rodimer on the homicide cost. His attorneys argued prosecutors confirmed the grand jury “illegal evidence” and did not “properly instruct” the panel when it voted. The choose overseeing the homicide case, Clark County District Court docket Choose Tierra Jones, denied Rodimer’s pretrial petition, resulting in an attraction.
This previous April, the Nevada Court docket of Appeals rejected Rodimer’s arguments, particularly relating to witness testimony. In Could, the Nevada Supreme Court docket denied a petition for overview.
Rodimer has pleaded not responsible and has remained out of custody on $200,000 bail.
In 2020, Rodimer misplaced his bid to characterize Nevada’s third Congressional District towards Democratic Rep. Susie Lee. He later left Nevada and misplaced a bid to characterize Texas’ sixth Congressional District, coming in eleventh in a 2021 major.
Tapp himself was acquitted of homicide after serving twenty years in jail.
Jones scheduled the trial for June 15, 2026.
