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Las Vegas police have arrested former actor Nathan Chasing Horse at his home after uncovering what they describe as two decades of sexual assault and human trafficking allegations

NORTH LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former Dances With Wolves actor turned alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting young Indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press.

Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, who goes by Nathan Chasing Horse, was taken into custody in the afternoon near the North Las Vegas home he is said to share with his five wives. SWAT officers were seen outside the two-story home in the evening as detectives searched the property.

Known for his role as the young Sioux tribe member Smiles a Lot in the Oscar-winning Kevin Costner film, Chasing Horse gained a reputation among tribes across the United States and in Canada as a so-called medicine man who performed healing ceremonies and spiritual gatherings and, police allege, used his position to abuse young Native American girls.

His arrest is the culmination of a months long investigation that began after police received a tip in October 2022. According to a 50-page search warrant obtained by AP, Chasing Horse is believed to be the leader of a cult known as The Circle.

And it comes as state attorneys general and lawmakers around the U.S. are looking into creating specialized units to handle cases involving Native women.

In South Dakota, the attorney generals office has put a new focus on crimes against Native American people, including human trafficking and murders.

According to the document, Las Vegas police have identified at least six alleged victims and uncovered sexual allegations against Chasing Horse dating to the early 2000s in multiple states, including Montana, South Dakota and Nevada, where he has lived for about a decade.

There was no lawyer listed in court records for Chasing Horse who could comment on his behalf as of Tuesday evening.

Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, which is home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation.

According to the warrant, he was banished in 2015 from the Fort Peck Reservation in Poplar, Montana, amid allegations of human trafficking.

Nathan Chasing Horse used spiritual traditions and their belief system as a tool to sexually assault young girls on numerous occasions, it reads, adding that his followers believed he could communicate with higher beings and referred to him as Medicine Man or Holy Person.

Although the warrant includes details of crimes reported elsewhere, the arrest stems from crimes allegedly committed in Nevada's Clark County. They include sex trafficking, sexual assault of a child younger than 16 and child abuse.

Some of the alleged victims were as young as 13, according to the warrant. One of Chasing Horse's wives was allegedly offered to him as a gift when she was 15, while another became a wife after turning 16.

Chasing Horse also is accused of recording sexual assaults and arranging sex with the victims for other men who allegedly paid him.

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So horse wasnt the only thing he was chasing

Damn, that's horrific. I feel awful for those girls.

Evol posted...

Some of the alleged victims were as young as 13,

Make him run in front of the horses instead

Could this partly explain the disappearing native American girls crisis that was mentioned on npr a couple years back?

human/sex traffickers are some of the worst pieces of shit out there, especially if they're abusing (physically, sexually, and/or psychologically) their victims, too.

Is that his actual name

I honestly don't see how people fall into these cults. I mean, how do you get to the point where you're offering up your daughter to some washed up actor?

Jokeaccountinc posted...

Is that his actual name

Actually no, it's Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse.

FAQ-Checker posted...

Actually no, it's Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse.

Actually got me to laugh for real lol

Jokeaccountinc posted...

Actually got me to laugh for real lol

But it wasnt a joke.
Im not kidding. Thats his name.

Jokeaccountinc posted...

Actually got me to laugh for real lol

why?

2 decades, holy shit man

The fuck?

The fuck?

FAQ-Checker posted...

But it wasnt a joke.
Im not kidding. Thats his name.

oh shit just noticed. Fact is stronger than fiction sometimes