LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nathan Chasing Horse pleaded not responsible and invoked his proper to a speedy trial Wednesday. The “Dances with Wolves” actor is accused of victimizing indigenous underage women and girls.
A Clark County grand jury indicted Chasing Horse final month 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 line with courtroom paperwork.
Las Vegas Metro police stated they discovered video of Chasing Horse sexually assaulting an underage woman. That woman was later thought-about to be considered one of Chasing Horse’s ‘wives,’ and is now an grownup. Makes an attempt to speak to the girl have been unsuccessful as legislation enforcement has been met with hostility from her household, in line with grand jury testimony.
Two girls testified in entrance of the grand jury that Nathan Chasing Horse used his standing as a “Medicine Man” within the Native American tradition and developed bonds with them at a younger age to then victimize them.
Las Vegas Metro police work close to the house of former actor Nathan Lee Chasing Horse, who goes by Nathan Chasing Horse, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Authorities raided the house of the previous actor Tuesday in reference to a sexual assault investigation. (AP Picture/John Locher)
Corena Leone-Lacroix, who beforehand shared her story with the 8 Information Now Investigators, testified she first met Chasing Horse as a baby and on the age of 14, turned to him to assist treatment her mom’s most cancers. She stated this was when Chasing Horse first sexually assaulted her.
“He said that it’s what the spirits had wanted, that that was the price of helping my mom,” she stated.
Leone-Lacroix stated Chasing Horse repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was underage. She stated she finally moved in with Chasing Horse and have become a “wife.” She described abuse inside the house.
In 2019, Leone-Lacroix stated she arrange a Tinder profile which Chasing Horse later found. She testified he punished her.
“He had said that since I had wanted to be with other men so badly that he could make that happen and that that could be a way I could repay the betrayal that I had done by serving other men and being a vessel by letting men have sex with me. He said that the rules were though that I was not allowed to see them so I would be wearing a blindfold. I was not allowed to say anything and I was not allowed to move or touch them in return,” she stated. “I was just supposed to lay there and allow it to happen and that would be a way I could pay back my betrayal.”
She testified this occurred a number of instances, each at Las Vegas accommodations and inside a house.
A second girl testified Chasing Horse sexually assaulted her after which gave her a capsule. She stated she later developed an ectopic being pregnant.
Leone-LaCroix additionally testified she was given a capsule after the primary alleged sexual assault after which Chasing Horse put her on contraception.
Chasing Horse’s followers had been thought-about members of “The Circle.”
As Chasing Horse portrayed himself as a “Holy Man” or “Medicine Man,” he had gained the belief of Indigenous households and their youngsters by utilizing Native custom, religious ceremony, and a historic perception system to convey collectively a way of cultural identification that has in any other case been diluted by trendy America, in line with a report.
Chasing Horse was beforehand charged with 18 counts in Clark County District Courtroom in reference to alleged sexual abuse towards two of the three girls within the present case.
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The Nevada Supreme Courtroom dismissed the earlier indictment in a Sept. 26 order and stated prosecutors mustn’t have outlined “grooming” to the grand jury. Clark County District Lawyer Steve Wolfson instantly informed the 8 Information Now Investigators that prosecutors would search one other indictment towards Chasing Horse inside weeks and would “follow the dictates” of Nevada’s excessive courtroom. The order allowed prosecutors to retry Chasing Horse.In February 2022, a Clark County grand jury indicted Chasing Horse on a complete of 19 counts. This included 10 counts of sexual assault towards a minor beneath the age of 16, six counts of sexual assault, together with open and gross lewdness, first-degree kidnapping of a minor, and trafficking in a managed substance. Clark County District Courtroom Decide Carli Kierny later dropped one drug cost.
Police arrested Chasing Horse at his North Las Vegas residence on Jan. 31, 2023. The 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered that comparable allegations towards Chasing Horse have beforehand been made however didn’t end in an arrest. The Las Vegas case is the primary of a number of to maneuver ahead towards Chasing Horse after girls like Leone reported abuse. Chasing Horse faces warrants in Montana and Canada. He has additionally beforehand been banned from a number of reservations.The arrest report acknowledged Chasing Horse is a “Rosebud Sioux Indian, Lakota Tribe.”A jury trial is scheduled for January 13. Chasing Horse stays in custody in Las Vegas on a $500K bond. Protection lawyer Craig Mueller stated he has been retained to characterize Chasing Horse. Beforehand, he was represented by the Clark County Public Defender’s workplace.8 Information Now Investigator Vanessa Murphy will be reached at [email protected] contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline, name 1-800-656-4673.
