Nevada: Commission bans sex-crimes trafficker from state’s casinos – a first

Nevada: Commission bans sex-crimes trafficker from state’s casinos – a first

Article brief provided by Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 26, 2022 7:08 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Nevada Gaming Commission has banned a Las Vegas man from ever entering a Nevada casino because of his history of assaulting women and forcing women into prostitution at Strip resorts.

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In a unanimous vote taken Thursday, commissioners placed Kendrick Laronte Weatherspoon on the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s List of Excluded Persons – the state’s so-called “Black Book.”

Weatherspoon became the 36th person placed on the list, following a 90-minute hearing. He was notified of the hearing, but neither he nor a representative for him appeared before the commission to challenge the findings that led to the decision.