{"id":22595,"date":"2018-10-03T09:03:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=22595"},"modified":"2020-10-19T06:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:55:02","slug":"about-face-in-florida-fear-and-litigation-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/about-face-in-florida-fear-and-litigation-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"About-face in Florida; Fear and litigation in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it’s a little early for S&G<\/em> to be making political endorsements in 2018, we’ve had a change of heart regarding Voters in Charge<\/strong>, a constitutional amendment that would strip the Florida<\/strong> Legislature of its \"\"power to control gambling expansion in the Sunshine State and — at least in the hopes of political bedfellows Disney<\/strong> and the Seminole Tribe<\/strong> — put a de facto<\/em> end to casino growth. Yes, the Florida Lege has been exceptionally incompetent on gaming issues, fumbling them away in session after session. But unless Florida is to have a crazy quilt of gambling laws, the status quo in Tallahassee<\/strong> should be preserved, After all, nobody ever said that lawmaking was pretty. (Quite the opposite.) In the meantime, Disney and the Seminoles are piling $10 million a mont<\/a>h into Voters in Charge. Cumulatively, the spending has exceeded $36 million, which tells you how much Voters in Charge is worth to the strange bedfellows.<\/p>\n

Non-Seminole casinos, meanwhile, are chipping into Vote NO on 3<\/strong> and Citizens for the Truth About Amendment 3<\/strong>. Their argument is that Amendment 3 will stifle economic and job growth. We think they’ve got a valid point and urge our Florida readers (if any) to vote ‘no’ on Amendment 3 when Election Day rolls around.<\/p>\n

* Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s pre-presidential years are back in the news<\/a>. And not in a good way<\/a>. For instance, the shady Fred Trump<\/strong> purchase of $3.5 million in Trump’s Castle<\/strong> chips when that casino was under financial siege receives renewed scrutiny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* An alleged gang rape that supposedly took place at Wynncore<\/strong> was “completely fabricated,” according to lawyers for the four California<\/strong> defendants under accusation. The matter was disposed of in 30 seconds, as Clark County<\/strong> prosecutors dropped the charges. Brothers Poria Edalat<\/strong>, Saman Edalat<\/strong> and Sina Edalat<\/strong> said, among other things,\u00a0<\/strong>“We are so grateful to the justice system for recognizing that we were the victims in this case.” I guess their patients can now go under the ether without fear.<\/p>\n

But, as one rape case subsides, another flares up. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong> has been accused by Kathryn Mayorga<\/strong> of raping her at Palms Place<\/strong>\u00a0nine\u00a0years ago, giving a graphic account<\/a> to Der Spiegel<\/em>. She is suing Ronaldo<\/a> for, among other things,\u00a0battery, abuse of a vulnerable person and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Mayorga had \"\"signed a confidential settlement with Ronaldo but is going public now after Football Leaks<\/strong>\u00a0published the details of the settlement in 2017, even though it means potentially forfeiting a $375,000 settlement. According to Mayorga, Las Vegas Metro<\/strong> and medical personnel tried to discourage her from pursuing her accusations at the time they allegedly occurred. Obviously, Ronaldo is innocent until proven guilty. But Mayorga has a lot of huevos<\/em> to go up against someone so popular and powerful. But, based on a Sports Illustrated<\/em> analysis<\/a>, she\u00a0faces an uphill legal battle.<\/p>\n

As for Metro (which leaked information on the case to Mayorga’s “personal reputation protection specialists”) it is finally getting off its duff and investigating the he-said\/she-said, for which the taxpayers should be thankful. Ronaldo’s lawyers, who seem to be a hyper-vigilant bunch, should also be well aware of the following. As Der Spiegel<\/em> reports, “The Nevada<\/strong> criminal code includes the following statute: If a sexual assault has been documented in time by the police, it will never fall under the statute of limitations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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