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Las Vegas Jury Convicts Nathan Chasing Horse on Most of 21 Counts

Sentencing is scheduled for mid-March.

Overview

  • Jurors in Nevada found the 49-year-old guilty on most charges, which included sexual abuse of minors.
  • Defense attorney Craig Mueller said he will seek a new trial, arguing there are significant doubts about the accusations.
  • Chasing Horse was arrested in January 2023 at his home near Las Vegas after investigators alleged he led a sect and presented himself as a medicine man.
  • Multiple young women testified during the trial, and prosecutors described a 2012 incident involving a girl who was 14 at the time.
  • As a teenager, he appeared in Dances with Wolves, the 1991 film that won seven Oscars.