Former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Associated Press and others for what his attorneys described as “false accusations of rape.”
Steve Wynn Investigation
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will conduct a public hearing, probably in three weeks, to hear Steve Wynn’s request to be removed as a “qualifier” as part of the $2.4 billion Wynn Boston Harbor project under construction.
Wynn Resorts’ leaders are moving to change the perception of the company after numerous headlines of sexual misconduct and litigation.
Massachusetts casino regulators are stepping up their inquiry of Wynn Resorts in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations that led to the departure of the company’s former chairman, Steve Wynn.
Steve Wynn sued attorney Lisa Bloom and her law firm for defamation on Thursday, calling accusations that he leered at female performers false, an effort to pressure him into paying money and further stating he was legally blind at the time.
A jury will be able to hear about Steve Wynn’s 2005 settlement with a female employee and unauthorized gambling activities by executives, a Nevada judge ruled Wednesday.
Wynn Resorts fired two top executives in 2013 for unauthorized gambling, lawyers said Tuesday during a court hearing.
Wynn Resorts spokesman Michael Weaver says, “ I have not heard that there is any announcement planned on any name change … (there is) certainly no truth whatsoever to changing any names in Las Vegas.”
The Chinese gaming operator will stave off other potential unsolicited suitors while giving the company a key local ally in talks with Macau regulators.
Steve Wynn sold 4.1 million shares of Wynn Resorts on Wednesday, cutting his stake to 7.8 percent.
Steve Wynn has notified Wynn Resorts that he plans to sell his shares, potentially pre-empting a decision by regulators in Massachusetts and Nevada to force him to do so.
Steve Wynn, who settled with two former female employees who accused him of sexual misconduct, skipped his own company’s mandatory sexual harassment awareness training, court testimony shows.
The procedure runs parallel to Wynn Resorts’ surprise move Monday to drop all claims against Steve Wynn’s former business partner Kazuo Okada, ending a six-year legal battle that followed his ouster from Wynn’s board of directors.
Wynn Resorts has dropped all claims against co-founder Kazuo Okada as new Chief Executive Officer Matt Maddox seeks to end a six-year lawsuit and focus his energy on company operations.
Wynn Resorts has agreed to pay Okada the $1.94 billion principal amount on his redemption note, the company said in a statement Thursday after the market closed.
