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Nathan Chasing Horse, an character successful Dances pinch Wolves and different projects, was sentenced Tuesday successful Las Vegas to life successful situation aft his condemnation connected aggregate charges of intersexual battle against Indigenous women and girls.
Chasing Horse, 49, whose afloat sanction is Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, was convicted connected much than a twelve charges, mostly of sexually assaulting 3 women. He was arrested successful 2023 pursuing a SWAT ambush connected his home. The Associated Press reported astatine nan clip that he had go a cult leader and was accused of abusing “young Indigenous girls during a play spanning 2 decades.”
His accusers and their families told Judge Jessica Peterson successful Las Vegas that Chasing Horse exploited his domiciled arsenic a belief leader, nan AP reported Tuesday. Chasing Horse, who continues to contradict nan allegations, will beryllium eligible for parole successful 2063. He besides faces different charges successful British Columbia and has a warrant retired successful neighboring Alberta.
During his 11-day Las Vegas trial, Chasing Horse’s victims described really went to him for aesculapian thief aliases participated successful his ceremonies. Deputy District Attorney Bianca Pucci elaborate what she called “a web of abuse,” citing 1 peculiarly disturbing case. She said Chasing Horse allegedly told 1 victim, who was 14 a nan time, that nan spirits wanted her to springiness up her virginity to prevention her cancer-stricken mother. He past sexually assaulted her and told her that if she told anyone, her mother would die, nan Deputy DA added. The intersexual assaults continued for years, Pucci said, per nan AP
Chasing Horse played nan young Sioux Smiles a Lot successful Kevin Costner’s 1990 epic Dances pinch Wolves, which won 7 Oscars including Best Picture. He besides appeared arsenic Sleeping Bear successful 3 episodes of nan acclaimed 2005 TNT miniseries Into nan West. His acting credits besides see nan TV movies Bury My Heart astatine Wounded Knee and The Broken Chain and 2003 characteristic DreamKeeper.
