Two vacationers have come forward after allegedly being stung by scorpions at the same Las Vegas hotel.
Linda Culler said she had booked the Silver Sevens Hotel and Casino due to its affordability and to have easy access to the Harry Reid International Airport for her flight on December 29.
“I got up barefooted and walked around the bed and stepped on the scorpion. And I knew immediately, it was on the side of my foot,” Culler told KLAS.
Culler’s foot began to swell up and she developed a fever. After arriving in Montana, she was taken to hospital, with the visit costing her over $400 and leaving her unable to walk for two days after, according to the outlet.
Though she was ultimately charged for the room, she still had to pay the resort fees and believes more should be done. “I just don’t think it’s right. That they don’t have to be accountable,” Culler said.
It comes shortly after KLAS reported that another man from Los Angeles had also been stung by a scorpion while staying at Silver Sevens during a business trip in May 2025.
Like Culler, Sulaiman Lutale said he had been looking for a cheap room but was in bed getting ready to go to sleep when he was allegedly stung. His roommate captured a video of the insect.
Lutale was reportedly stung on the arm by a bark scorpion that is described by the National Park Service’s as the most venomous scorpion in North America, with a severe sting being potentially life-threatening to humans.
After the sting, Lutale was OK and was able to request another room from hotel staff.
Brian Virag, of “My Bed Bug Lawyer,” who is representing Lutale, told KLAS the hotel had a duty to keep guests safe from such incidents.
“It doesn’t matter how much you’re spending for a hotel room or an accommodation. It’s got to be safe,” Virag said.
“I think they should be shut down and totally gone through it, because it now has an infestation as far as I’m concerned,” Culler added.
The Independent has attempted to reach out to Silver Sevens Hotel and Casino for comment about both incidents.
Virag is also representing Michael Farchi, a man who was stung on the testicles in the middle of the night by a scorpion while staying at the Venetian’s Palazzo Tower over the 2023 Christmas holiday. Farchi, 62, said his sex life has been ruined after allegedly being stung multiple times in the groin area.
The suit, filed on August 27 last year, claims the poisonous sting to his testicles has caused him to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and emotional trauma for which he continues to seek treatment.
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