Gaming regulators ask state Supreme Court to restore authority over Steve Wynn

An attorney for former gaming mogul Steve Wynn told the Nevada Supreme Court Monday the disgraced casino operator can’t be held accountable by gaming regulators for any of the alleged sexual misconduct and harassment allegations that led to his departure from Wynn Resorts in 2018.

Attorney Colby Williams said Wynn wasn’t getting “a free pass” for any of the alleged misconduct — but that regulators have no authority over Wynn now, including that they cannot hold him responsible for failing to appear at a Gaming Control Board hearing.

Williams argued that Wynn gave up his gaming license some 20 months before the control board filed the five-count complaint that sought to label the former CEO as “unsuitable to be associated with a gaming enterprise or the gaming industry as a whole.”

The control board and Nevada Gaming Commission are appealing a District Court ruling from November 2020 that said Wynn’s resignation and sale of his holdings in the company removed him from their oversight.

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