{"id":204513,"date":"2022-03-09T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=204513"},"modified":"2022-03-09T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:49:12","slug":"las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada to face charges he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 1996 at a Las Vegas gaming property. Metro police chose not to arrest the suspect around the time of the incident. But the recent arrest was the result of a DNA test.<\/p>\n

\"Lawrence
Lawrence David Shaw, pictured above. He was apprehended in Texas in connection with a 1996 sex assault at a Las Vegas casino. (Image: Hamilton County Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The defendant, Lawrence David Shaw, was apprehended last week by Hamilton County Sheriff\u2019s deputies in Texas<\/a> for the cold case, authorities said. There was a warrant out for his arrest.<\/p>\n

Shaw allegedly sexually assaulted the victim on Jan. 13, 1996. The attack took place in a parking lot of the King 8 Hotel and Casino on West Tropicana Avenue, police said. That gaming property is now the site of the Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaw was questioned by police in 1996 about the circumstances surrounding the incident. But he was not charged at the time.<\/p>\n

He told cops that sex between him and the victim was consensual, reported KLAS<\/em>, a Nevada TV station. That conflicted with his earlier statement to police that he never had sex with her, the report adds. He also admitted to police that he \u201cgot a little buzzed and did something stupid and I don\u2019t want to go to jail for it,\u201d KLAS<\/em> said. He also claimed to have a weak recollection of the incident.<\/p>\n

DNA Test Used in Arrest<\/h2>\n

Based on a blood sample taken from Shaw, his DNA was tested. A DNA sample found on the victim matched that taken from Shaw\u2019s blood sample, KLAS <\/em>adds, based on police reports. The results were sent to police in June 2019, KLAS<\/em> said.<\/p>\n

The victim told cops a different version of events. She had been in the casino. She left, while her husband kept on gambling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaw went up to her. He ordered her to come with him and brought her to a tractor-trailer. He then ordered her to get inside the vehicle. He next allegedly ordered her to lay on a bed in the truck.<\/p>\n

Based on the victim\u2019s statement, Shaw then told her: \u201cYou are mine now. You\u2019ll come live with me. I\u2019ll take care of you and you\u2019ll never have to work again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw Said He Was Victim\u2019s \u2018Daddy\u2019<\/h2>\n

Then he allegedly attacks her. She asked him to stop, police said. She told him she was married. Shaw then responded in a loud voice, \u201cDon\u2019t make me mad. I\u2019m your daddy now,\u201d according to the victim\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the victim stopped resisting the sexual assault<\/a>, KLAS<\/em> said, based on police reports. She was fearful Shaw would hurt her if she attempted to escape from the truck, she claimed. But she eventually left the truck.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The incident led to a dispute between the victim and her husband.<\/p>\n

Later, the victim and her husband divorced, KLAS<\/em> said. Police asked her last September if she wanted to press charges against Shaw. The victim said she remains traumatized by the sex assault. She also noted it led to her marriage falling apart. So, she did press charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada to face charges he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 1996 at a Las Vegas gaming property. Metro police chose not to arrest the suspect around the time of the incident. But the recent arrest was the result of a DNA test. The defendant, Lawrence David Shaw, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":204533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLas Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T17:26:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-09T19:49:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/\",\"name\":\"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-09T17:26:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-09T19:49:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest in Texas\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week","description":"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week","og_description":"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2022-03-09T17:26:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-03-09T19:49:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/","name":"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest Last Week","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-03-09T17:26:20+00:00","dateModified":"2022-03-09T19:49:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"A Texas man is awaiting extradition to Nevada for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas gaming property. It took place in 1996.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shaw-copy-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-casino-sex-assault-26-years-ago-leads-to-arrest-last-week-in-texas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Las Vegas Casino Sex Assault 26 Years Ago Leads to Arrest in Texas"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}