New details were released on Wednesday about the arrest of Actor of “Dances with Wolves” Nathan Chasing Horse, reported The Associated Press.
Accused of multiple sex crimes, Chasing Horse, 46, was arrested at his Las Vegas residence on Tuesday. No formal charges have yet been filed, but the actor faces one count of sexual assault of a child under 16, one count of child abuse or neglect, one count of sexual assault and two counts of sex trafficking.
Records obtained by the AP He said Chasing Horse trained his five wives, with whom he lived at the Las Vegas residence, in the use of firearms and told them to “shoot” with police officers if they ever tried to “separate his family.”
He also instructed their wives to take “suicide pills” if that plan failed, which were small white pills, according to information given to police by two women. An ex-wife also said she believed Chasing Horse’s current wives would follow her instructions if the police arrested him.
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This Tuesday, January 31, 2023, stock photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows former actor Nathan Chasing Horse, who could face multiple counts of sexual assault and sex trafficking, and life in prison.
(Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
During a raid on his home Tuesday, which followed a months-long investigation into Chasing Horse, authorities found memory cards containing videos of the sexual assaults, firearms, 41 pounds of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms, the AP reported Wednesday. .
The actor was booked into the Clark County Jail before midnight without bond at the sexual assault charges. His first court appearance is expected Thursday in North Las Vegas.
Court records do not show an attorney on his behalf, and Las Vegas police told the AP that the actor “was unable” to give a jailhouse interview Wednesday.
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Las Vegas police work near the home of former actor Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, known as Nathan Chasing Horse, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
(AP Photo/John Locher)
Known for his role as the young Sioux tribesman “Smiles a Lot” in Award-winning film by Kevin Costner “Dances With Wolves”, Chasing Horse earned a reputation as a “medicine man” among tribes across the US and Canada. He reportedly performed healing ceremonies in which he abused his position by physically and sexually assaulting indigenous girls and women, taking underage wives, and ultimately leading a cult.
He is also believed to be the leader of the cult known as The Circle.
Las Vegas police said Tuesday they have identified at least six sexual assault victims, some of whom were as young as 14 when the alleged abuse occurred. The allegations against the actor date back to the early 2000s and were made in several states, including Montana, South Dakota and Nevada, where he has lived for nearly 10 years.
He is also accused of recording sexual assaults and arranging sex with the victims for other men who paid him.
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Nathan Chasing Horse circa 1992 at age 17. The Lakota actor starred in Smiles A Lot in ‘Dances With Wolves.’
Chasing Horse’s arrest comes nearly ten years after Fort Peck tribal leaders voted unanimously to ban him on the Poplar, Montana, reservation. amid various complaints including human trafficking, drug dealing, spiritual abuse and intimidation of tribal members, Indian County Today reported.
In South Dakota, where Chasing Horse allegedly committed some of the crimes, the attorney general’s office said it is putting a new focus on crimes against Native Americans, specifically women and girls.
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Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation.
Nathan Chasing Horse of Rosebud, South Dakota, and a member of the Sioux tribe, leads the honor guard at the start of the grand entrance to the coliseum.
(Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Associated Press contributed to this report.
