Who are Nathan Chasing Horse's wives? 'Dances With Wolves' star told his five wives to 'shoot' police
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Nathan Chasing Horse trained his five wives to handle firearms, encouraging them to 'shoot it out' with police officers if they ever tried to 'break their family apart,' according to reports. If that failed, the 'Dancing with Wolves' actor had suggested they take "suicide pills."
Chasing Horse, 46, was arrested on Tuesday, January 31, after a months-long investigation by Las Vegas police for crimes ranging from sex trafficking to sexual assault and child abuse. He was apprehended when he was leaving the North Las Vegas home where he lives with his five wives.
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According to an arrest report issued Wednesday, February 1, officers discovered memory cards with films of the sexual assaults, guns, 41 pounds of marijuana, and psilocybin mushrooms in the home during the raid, reported The Associated Press.
Who are Nathan Chasing Horse's wives?
Nathan Chasing Horse allegedly had five wives. However, as he keeps his private life hidden from the public eye, little is known about them. The story of the former actor who purportedly became a cult leader, has been accused of assaulting multiple "young indigenous girls" over a two-decade period and the news about his personal life came to light as a result. However, as of writing this, the authorities have not revealed the names of Chasing Horse's wives and that information is also not publicly available. It is not known if they are all his wives in name or if he married any of them legally. All US jurisdictions prohibit polygamy by invalidating marriages involving more than two spouses.
What do we know about the charges against Nathan Chasing Horse?
Chasing Horse, best known for his performance as the young Sioux tribe member 'Smiles a Lot' in Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning picture 'Dances with Wolves,' had a reputation among tribes across the United States and Canada as a so-called medicine man who performed healing rites. Chasing Horse was also suspected of being the leader of a cult known as "The Circle," according to a 50-page search warrant.
According to the warrant, "Nathan Chasing Horse used spiritual traditions and their belief system as a tool to sexually assault young girls on numerous occasions.” The Las Vegas Police Department has identified at least six girls from Montana, South Dakota, and Nevada, where Chasing Horse has lived, as suspected sexual assault victims. According to the search warrant, some of the victims were as young as 13 at the time of the abuse.
He reportedly recorded some sexual assaults and accepted bribes from other males to arrange sexual contact with victims, according to the warrant. The former actor's wrongdoings were discovered after lawmakers and prosecutors around the country began focusing more on crimes against Indigenous women, such as murder and human trafficking. Earlier, the authorities revealed a mugshot of Chasing Horse where he wore a white T-shirt and glasses with tattoos all over his body.