Nevada Supreme Courtroom will take one other take a look at Chasing Horse’s request to dismiss intercourse abuse expenses

LAS VEGAS — The total seven-member Nevada Supreme Courtroom will rethink Nathan Chasing Horse’s request to dismiss a sprawling indictment accusing him of main a cult, taking underage wives and sexually abusing Indigenous ladies and women.
It is the most recent improvement in a prolonged sequence of authorized challenges by the previous “Dances With Wolves” actor that has stalled proceedings for almost a 12 months within the 18-count felony case in Nevada state courtroom — considered one of a number of instances towards the 47-year-old throughout the U.S. and in Canada.
Chasing Horse has remained in custody at a county jail in Las Vegas all through the authorized battle. He has pleaded not responsible to the costs in Nevada, together with sexual assault of a minor, kidnapping and baby abuse.
The courtroom’s 4-3 choice to take one other take a look at Chasing Horse’s request reverses an earlier order by a three-member panel of justices denying him one other listening to after they upheld the intercourse abuse case final December. The total seven-member courtroom didn’t instantly set a date to listen to further arguments and has not indicated when it could challenge a call.
Chasing Horse’s lawyer had argued that the Nevada case needs to be dismissed as a result of, the previous actor stated, the sexual encounters have been consensual. One among his accusers was youthful than 16, the age of consent in Nevada, when the abuse started, in response to the indictment.
Deputy Public Defender Kristy Holston additionally argued that some proof offered by prosecutors to the grand jury, together with a definition of grooming, had tainted the state’s case.
Holston declined to touch upon Tuesday.
Chasing Horse is greatest identified for portraying Smiles A Lot within the 1990 movie “Dances with Wolves.” Legislation enforcement authorities have stated that within the a long time since starring within the Oscar-winning film, he grew to become a self-proclaimed medication man amongst tribes and traveled round North America to carry out therapeutic ceremonies.
He’s accused of utilizing that place to realize entry to weak women and girls beginning within the early 2000s.
After a monthslong investigation, Las Vegas police arrested Chasing Horse in January 2023 and raided the North Las Vegas house he’s stated to have shared with 5 wives. The arrest surprised Indian Nation and, authorities have stated, helped legislation enforcement businesses in two international locations corroborate long-standing allegations towards the previous actor.