{"id":253402,"date":"2023-01-12T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=253402"},"modified":"2023-01-12T18:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:01:59","slug":"steve-wynn-rico-suit-alleging-judicial-corruption-junked-on-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/steve-wynn-rico-suit-alleging-judicial-corruption-junked-on-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Wynn RICO Suit Alleging Judicial Corruption Junked by Appeals Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit accusing Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts, and others of racketeering and attempting to corrupt the judicial process has been dismissed by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiff\u2019s attorney says he plans to appeal to the US Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

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Steve Wynn, above, at an event in Los Angeles in 2015. Three years later, he left the gaming industry under a cloud after being accused of sexual misconduct, allegations he denies. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The suit was brought by Angelica Limcaco, a former salon manager at Wynn Las Vegas. She initially sued her ex-employer in 2018, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination.<\/p>\n

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Limcaco claimed she blew the whistle on casino billionaire Steve Wynn\u2019s alleged sexual misconduct toward female employees back in 2005. As a result, she claims she was bullied into silence and later blackballed from the gaming industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to Limcaco, Wynn raped and impregnated a manicurist at the salon. Wynn denies the allegations, but subsequently paid the manicurist in question a $7.5 million settlement, according to multiple court documents.<\/p>\n

Conspiracy Alleged<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Limcaco\u2019s original complaint in Nevada was dismissed in April 2020 under the statute of limitations. The RICO suit, filed later that year, alleged that a high-level conspiracy existed to sink the lawsuit to protect Wynn Resorts\u2019 gaming licenses.<\/p>\n

Wynn’s Massachusetts license then was under scrutiny by gaming regulators in that state because of sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wynn\u2019s lead counsel in the original case, Elayna Youchah, was appointed a magistrate judge mid-case. This made her a colleague of presiding judge Miranda Du, who dismissed the lawsuit shortly after Youchah began her new role.<\/p>\n

Around the same time, Wynn Resorts donated to the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (LACSN). Limcaco\u2019s legal team believed the smoking gun was that Barbara Buckley, LACSN executive director, was on the panel that selected Youchach for the magistrate position.<\/p>\n

They alleged that the LACSN donation was conditional on Buckley giving Youchah the nod.<\/p>\n

In November 2021, the lower court dismissed the case, calling the allegations \u201chighly speculative.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Cascading Chain of Events\u2019<\/h2>\n

On Wednesday, the appellate court agreed. It determined that even if the alleged conspiracy existed, it wouldn’t undermine the validity of the dismissal of the original claim for being time-barred.<\/p>\n

Limcaco\u2019s complicated theory of causation turns on a \u2018cascading chain of events\u2019 spanning multiple years and involving several third parties,\u201d<\/strong> wrote the panel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Limcaco does not adequately allege that, but-for the Appellees\u2019 unlawful conduct in elevating Youchah, her injury would not have occurred, because the district court dismissed her claim as time-barred, and we affirmed that dismissal on appeal, it added.<\/p>\n

But Limcaco\u2019s attorney, Jordan Matthews of Weinberg Gonser Frost LLP, isn\u2019t done yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not deterred by the recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,\u201d <\/strong>Matthews told Casino.org<\/em> Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilar to the Department of Justice, which recently brought claims against Steve Wynn and Tom Barrack, and which recently filed an appeal in the matter against Steve Wynn for his alleged violation<\/a> of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, we will continue to vigilantly protect our client\u2019s rights and will continue to bring tough cases. We look forward to addressing this matter with the United States Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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