Bail has been set at $300,000 for a former actor in the movie 㽶ƵֱDances With Wolves㽶Ƶֱ who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada as police in Canada say more complainants there have come forward.
Information from the North Las Vegas Court website says if Nathan Chasing Horse can post bail, he could be released on house arrest and would be electronically monitored. He cannot have contact with the complainants or any minors.
Under Nevada law, Chasing Horse would have to pay 15 per cent of the bail 㽶Ƶֱ about $45,000.
The 46-year-old actor, who played young Sioux character Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner㽶Ƶֱs 1990 Oscar-winning film, was formally charged Monday in North Las Vegas with counts including sex trafficking, sexual assault against a child younger than 16 and child abuse.
Court documents said he was the leader of a cult-like group called 㽶ƵֱThe Circle.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱNathan Chasing Horse, by portraying himself as a 㽶ƵֱHoly Man㽶Ƶֱ or 㽶ƵֱMedicine Man㽶Ƶֱ, has gained the trust of Indigenous families and their children,㽶Ƶֱ an arrest report filed in the U.S. said. 㽶ƵֱUpon earning this trust, Nathan Chasing Horse used his position to lure vulnerable young girls, often giving them a sense of belonging, to commit sexual assault.㽶Ƶֱ
Chasing Horse is also facing a charge of sexual assault in British Columbia for allegations in the southern Interior village of Keremeos in September 2018.
The U.S. arrest report alleges the British Columbia woman was 13 years old when she met Chasing Horse while he was performing ceremonies in the province.
Her family sent her to stay with the actor because she was sick and soon she began travelling with him to ceremonies, the report said. She alleges he began to have sex with her when she was 17.
In 2018, after they ended the relationship, she alleges he sexually assaulted her while he was in Canada for a show put on by the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.
The woman reported it to authorities and RCMP contacted Las Vegas police, which prompted the investigation that led to his arrest.
Police in Alberta said they are also in the process of applying for two warrants for formal charges against Chasing Horse in that province.
Sgt. Nancy Farmer with the Tsuut㽶Ƶֱina police, which serves the First Nation west of Calgary, said even more charges could be coming.
㽶ƵֱWe have received several Crime Stoppers tips,㽶Ƶֱ Farmer said Wednesday.
㽶ƵֱWe㽶Ƶֱve spoken to several victims and several witnesses have come forward in relation to the actions of Mr. Chasing Horse.㽶Ƶֱ
U.S. arrest documents detailed how the Alberta police service received a complaint earlier this year from a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted as a 15-year-old and taken to the United States as one of Chasing Horse㽶Ƶֱs multiple wives.
The woman said she also met Chasing Horse when he came to her community to do ceremonies. Documents say Chasing Horse allegedly had sex with the teenager multiple times while she was still in Canada.
In 2009, she flew to the U.S. and, not long after when she was 17 years old, he gave her a ring.
㽶ƵֱHe said it was like a promise ring and I think that was his way of marrying me,㽶Ƶֱ the woman said in the court documents.
That woman eventually returned to Canada because she could no longer take the physical and emotional abuse, the documents said.
The report alleges that Chasing Horse made his wives have sex with other men and take 㽶Ƶֱphoenix tears,㽶Ƶֱ a highly concentrated form of cannabis.
The documents detail how Chasing Horse had all his wives get spider tattoos to represent Iktomi, a trickster spirit in Lakota culture, and a tattoo of his traditional name.
The women were taught to use firearms and, court documents allege, he told the wives about 㽶Ƶֱsuicide pills㽶Ƶֱ they㽶Ƶֱd have to take if he were apprehended by police or died.
Police in the United States said they have identified at least six victims, including one who said she was offered to Chasing Horse as a 㽶Ƶֱgift㽶Ƶֱ when she was 15.
Chasing Horse had already been banned from Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana on the grounds of human trafficking in 2015. The same year, the Tsuut㽶Ƶֱina band council passed a resolution banning him from all community events in the Alberta community.
Last week, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan, also banned Chasing Horse.
㽶ƵֱKelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
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