LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge has dismissed a drug trafficking charge against an alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting and grooming Native American women and girls.
Public defenders for Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, have filed a petition arguing that prosecutors failed to establish probable cause to imprison him on felony counts that include sexual assault of a minor under 16, sexual assault, kidnapping, open and gross lewdness and drug trafficking.
After a court hearing last week on the petition, District Judge Carli Kierny dismissed the drug trafficking charge on Friday, but declining to dismiss the other counts.
