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Spiritual Leader Nathan Chasing Horse Faces 21 Abuse Charges

1/6/2026

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Nathan Chasing Horse faces 21 charges of sexual abuse, including assaults on women and girls.
In Las Vegas, Chasing Horse disrupted court proceedings by demanding to change his defense attorney before trial.
Prosecutors allege Chasing Horse exploited his spiritual leader status to abuse Native American women over two decades.
Chasing Horse lived with five wives at the time of his arrest and previously claimed to be a Lakota medicine man.

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Nathan Chasing Horse faces 21 charges of sexual abuse, including assaults on women and girls.
In Las Vegas, Chasing Horse disrupted court proceedings by demanding to change his defense attorney before trial.
Prosecutors allege Chasing Horse exploited his spiritual leader status to abuse Native American women over two decades.
Chasing Horse lived with five wives at the time of his arrest and previously claimed to be a Lakota medicine man.