Chasing Horse charged with extra intercourse crimes in new Canadian case

By Associated Press: Nathan Chasing Horse has been charged in Alberta, Canada, with new intercourse crimes within the newest legal case to be introduced towards the previous “Dances With Wolves” actor, who stays jailed in Las Vegas as he awaits trial in a sweeping sexual abuse case that surprised Indian Country and has helped regulation enforcement in two nations corroborate long-standing allegations towards him.

At a digital information convention Wednesday, Sgt. Nancy Farmer of the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service acknowledged that the Alberta case is basically symbolic. Chasing Horse — who faces not solely many years in a Nevada jail if convicted within the Las Vegas case however legal prosecution in 5 jurisdictions — won’t ever return to Canada to reply to those prices.

“At the end of the day,” Farmer mentioned, “it is important for us to have these warrants in the system so our victims know they’ve been heard. It’s extremely important that we continue to support them that way.”

Chasing Horse has declined a number of requests from The Associated Press to interview him on the county jail, and his public defender in Las Vegas, Kristy Holston, mentioned she has no touch upon the brand new prices. It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not Chasing Horse has an legal professional in Canada who might touch upon his behalf.

Farmer mentioned the 47-year-old faces 9 prices in Alberta, together with three counts of sexual exploitation and 4 counts of sexual assault. The crimes of their jurisdiction date again to 2005, she mentioned.

Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, house to the Sicangu Sioux, one of many seven tribes of the Lakota nation. He is extensively identified for his portrayal of Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning movie.

After starring within the 1990 film, Chasing Horse had constructed a reputation for himself amongst tribes within the U.S. and Canada as a self-proclaimed medication man who might talk with greater beings. Police and prosecutors in Las Vegas have accused him of utilizing that place to guide a cult, achieve entry to weak Indigenous ladies and women, and take underage wives beginning within the early 2000s.

He is charged within the Las Vegas case with 18 felonies that embody sexual assault of a minor, youngster abuse and kidnapping. He additionally faces legal prosecution within the British Columbia village of Keremeos, the U.S. District Court in Nevada, and on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.

Court proceedings within the Las Vegas case have been placed on maintain indefinitely as Chasing Horse awaits a choice on his enchantment filed final month to the Nevada Supreme Court asking for his indictment to be tossed.

Chasing Horse and his public defenders have mentioned in authorized filings that his accusers wished to have intercourse with him. One of the ladies was youthful than 16 — the age of consent in Nevada — when she says Chasing Horse started abusing her.