{"id":75318,"date":"2018-04-13T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=75318"},"modified":"2018-04-13T07:47:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:47:56","slug":"steve-wynn-sues-associated-press-over-rape-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/steve-wynn-sues-associated-press-over-rape-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Wynn Sues Associated Press Over Rape Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Wynn is suing the Associated Press<\/em> and several other news outlets for defamation for repeating a woman\u2019s allegation of rape against him.<\/p>\n

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Steve Wynn\u2019s lawsuit calls the rape allegation \u201coutrageous, false and inherently improbable on its face.\u201d It claims the Associated Press acted \u201cwith malice\u201d by giving it more credence than it deserved. (Image: Daniel Zuchnik\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The suit, filed Wednesday in Clark County District Court, claims the allegation is false and unleashed a \u201cmedia frenzy\u201d of accusations against the former Wynn Resorts chairman and CEO. Wynn is also suing the woman who made the allegation.<\/p>\n

The casino mogul resigned in February in the wake of a Wall Street Journal<\/em> article that accused him of an alleged pattern of sexual misconduct against female employees that, it claimed, stretched back decades. He later sold his majority share in Wynn Resorts<\/a> to protect the company\u2019s gambling licenses but denies all accusations against him.<\/p>\n

In an email to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> on Wednesday, the AP <\/em>said it would \u201cstand by its reporting,\u201d which was based on a police report of allegations made by the alleged victim, Halina Kuta.<\/p>\n

Details Omitted<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kuta claims in the report that she became pregnant and gave birth to Wynn\u2019s child as a result of the alleged rape. She also claimed to have once been Wynn\u2019s wife, a detail that was omitted from the AP<\/em> article.<\/p>\n

Kuta has brought a federal lawsuit against Wynn that makes no allegations of rape. Wynn\u2019s complaint claims the AP<\/em> report made Kuta\u2019s allegations appear more credible than they were.<\/p>\n

If reported fairly, completely, accurately, and impartially, the Police Report, like the Kuta Lawsuit, is outrageous, false and inherently improbable on its face, and the timing of its filing by Defendant Kuta is extremely suspect,\u201d it claims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe AP<\/em> Defendants intentionally chose to incompletely and unfairly describe the Police Report by omitting from the AP<\/em> Article the additional outrageous, false and inherently improbable accusations found on the face of the Police Report.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malicious Intent?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kuta\u2019s statements, and the subsequent AP reporting of them, were carried out \u201cwith actual malice,\u201d says the filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the circumstances surrounding the defendants\u2019 false accusations of rape, the bedrock principle of \u2018innocent until proven guilty\u2019 has been dangerously converted into \u2018guilty by accusation,\u2019 which imposes the burden on Mr. Wynn to prove his innocence,\u201d states the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Last week Wynn filed a separate suit against Lisa Bloom<\/a>, the attorney of a former Wynn dancer who has accused the casino mogul of sexual misconduct, after she put out a press release claiming Wynn would \u201cleer\u201d at performers. Wynn\u2019s lawyers deny the claims, emphasizing that he is legally blind and therefore \u201ccannot leer.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u00a0suffers from the degenerative\u00a0eye\u00a0disease, retinitis pigmentosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve Wynn is suing the Associated Press and several other news outlets for defamation for repeating a woman\u2019s allegation of rape against him. The suit, filed Wednesday in Clark County District Court, claims the allegation is false and unleashed a \u201cmedia frenzy\u201d of accusations against the former Wynn Resorts chairman and CEO. Wynn is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":75327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSteve Wynn Sues Associated Press Over Rape Claim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steve Wynn\u2019s lawsuit calls the rape allegation \u201coutrageous, false and inherently improbable on its face.\u201d It claims the Associated Press acting \u201cwith malice\u201d by giving it more credence than it deserved. 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