Nathan Chasing Horse has been accused of new sex-related cases in Nevada and Canada on top of eight current charges. The Dances with Wolves movie star and cult leader allegedly abused Indigenous girls and women.
The newest charges against Chasing Horse, 46, of North Las Vegas, are two federal counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography, KTNV, a Las Vegas TV station, reported. He allegedly videotaped sex assaults.
The charges were revealed in a federal criminal complaint filed on Wednesday in Nevada U.S. District Court.
The counts are part of mounting allegations he assaulted or exploited several indigenous girls and women over a period of about 20 years.
Canadian Victim
Canadian authorities in British Columbia issued a warrant last week against Chasing House for sexual assault, KLAS, another local TV station, said. The victim claims he assaulted her in 2018 in Keremeos, a small town near the Washington State border, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
More Canadian charges are possible, with the Calgary Herald reporting this week that two or more possible victims are from Alberta’s Tsuut’ina Nation.
On January 31, Chasing Horse was arrested on eight Nevada charges. These include four counts of sex trafficking of an adult, as well as sex assault against a child, sex assault, child abuse or neglect, and possession of pornography depicting a victim under the age of 16.
As of this week, it appears there are at least six victims in Nevada. One was 13 and another 15.
$300K Bail
During a North Las Vegas court appearance on Wednesday, Justice of the Peace Craig Newman set Chasing Horse’s bail for the Nevada cases at $300K.
Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney William Rowles argued for the amount to be $2M. He claimed the former actor is “grooming young children” to take the place of other females as they “grow up,” the Associated Press reported. He currently has five wives, the AP said.
Chasing Horse’s attorney wanted bail to be set at $50K.
After Newman set bail, friends and relatives of Chasing Horse seated in the court cheered with the prospect he could be released from custody, the AP said.
Remains in Jail
Chasing Horse didn’t post bond and remains in custody on the state charges at the Clark County Detention Center as of early Thursday.
So far, Chasing Horse hasn’t entered a plea. A preliminary hearing in the state case is scheduled for February 22.
If he makes bond, he may be placed in custody on the federal charges, the AP said.
If Chasing Horse is eventually released, Newman ordered that he must live with a relative, wear an electronic monitor, and can’t have contact with minors or any of the alleged victims, KVVU, another local TV station, said.
Chasing Horse achieved national fame from Kevin Costner’s 1990 Oscar-winning western film, Dances with Wolves. He portrayed a character called “Smiles A Lot.”
In real life, members of the cult, The Circle, believed Chasing Horse was a “medicine man” and had spiritual powers, according to an arrest warrant. At one time, the alleged cult had some 300 members.
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