Overview
- A Nevada judge on Monday set Chasing Horse’s prison term at 37 years to life after a high-profile abuse case in Las Vegas.
- The sentence followed January jury verdicts that found him guilty on most of 21 counts, with several acquittals recorded.
- Prosecutors said he led a sect-like group as a self-described medicine man and used that authority to abuse women and girls across the U.S. and Canada over nearly two decades.
- Victims and relatives told the court he damaged their faith and futures, with one woman abused at 14 saying she cannot regain the childhood she lost.
- Parallel cases and probes remain open in other jurisdictions, including warrants reported in Alberta, British Columbia, and Montana.