An attorney for high-stakes gambler Robert “R.J.” Cipriani urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Oct. 6 in Las Vegas to revive his lawsuit against Resorts World Las Vegas and former president Scott Sibella. Cipriani, who goes by the X handle “RobinHood 702,” has been pressing his case for several years, arguing that the casino allowed another gambler to harass him for weeks.
Attorney Mitchell Keiter said the lower court wrongly dismissed Cipriani’s case by relying on judicial estoppel, a legal principle meant to stop people from taking inconsistent positions in court. He argued that Cipriani’s claims never changed in substance and that Resorts World failed to intervene until the situation “got out of hand.”
