Warning: This story offers with allegations of sexual assault
A Dances With Wolves actor pleaded not responsible Wednesday to state costs that he sexually abused Indigenous ladies and women for a decade in Nevada.
Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, appeared briefly in Clark County District Court docket following his indictment final week on 19 costs, together with sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping and drug trafficking.
He has been jailed in Las Vegas on a $300,000 bond since his arrest Jan. 31 close to the house in North Las Vegas that he shared with 5 ladies he described as his wives.
Authorities describe Chasing Horse because the chief of a cult often called The Circle who took underage wives. They allege that on the time of his arrest, he was grooming younger women to switch his older wives.
Born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Chasing Horse is broadly recognized for his position as Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s 1990 Oscar-winning movie.
His arrest by Las Vegas police adopted a months-long probe that officers mentioned was prompted by a tip from Canadian authorities investigating Chasing Horse in reference to a 2018 rape allegation in British Columbia.
Authorities in Las Vegas allege that his crimes in Nevada spanned a decade. Based on courtroom paperwork, in addition they uncovered a sample of sexual abuse relationship again to the early 2000s throughout a number of states, together with Montana and South Dakota, in addition to Canada.
Paperwork present at the very least six victims have been recognized, together with one who mentioned she was 13 when the sexual abuse started and one other who mentioned she was supplied to Chasing Horse as a “present” when she was 15.
Legal circumstances towards Chasing Horse are mounting, and he now faces costs in 4 jurisdictions — in state courtroom in Las Vegas, in U.S. District Court docket in Nevada, in British Columbia and on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana.
There are additionally sex-related costs pending in Alberta, in response to the police service for the Tsuut’ina Nation, which borders the southwestern metropolis limits of Calgary.
Inside Chasing Horse’s dwelling, courtroom paperwork say detectives discovered firearms, psilocybin mushrooms, 41 kilos of marijuana and two cellphones containing movies and pictures of underage women being sexually assaulted. The footage led to federal little one pornography costs.
Assist is obtainable for anybody who has been sexually assaulted. You may entry disaster traces and native assist providers by means of this Government of Canada website or the Ending Violence Association of Canada database. If you happen to’re in quick hazard or worry to your security or that of others round you, please name 911.
