Las Vegas Review-Journal killed story in 1998 about Steve Wynn sex misconduct claims

[DonViejo]

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal




By Arthur Kane and Ramona Giwargis ©2018, Las Vegas Review-Journal
February 5, 2018 - 2:49 am

Claims that casino developer Steve Wynn sexually harassed employees could have surfaced years ago but the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1998 stopped publication of a story that would have brought the issue to light. After killing the article, the newspaper ordered the reporter who wrote it to delete it from the newspaper’s computer system.

The Review-Journal’s decision came after Wynn’s attorneys met with the reporter and the newspaper paid for lie-detector tests for two women who alleged a culture of harassment at the Wynn-owned Mirage.

Allegations about Wynn’s conduct appeared in a Wall Street Journal story last month. Similar claims were made in a court filing in 1998.

In a lawsuit, a Mirage cocktail server alleged supervisors did not protect women from gamblers who harassed them. She said waitresses were sent to sexually “accommodate” high rollers at the resort’s luxury villas throughout the 1990s.

Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/las-vegas-review-journal-killed-story-in-1998-about-steve-wynn-sex-misconduct-claims/

[ck4829]

1. Owned by Stephens Media at the time, they also used Righthaven

For those who don't remember:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Righthaven_LLC_v._Democratic_Underground_LLC

[dalton99a]

2. Yep.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. It is one sick Culture on the Strip.

And this Story will not go away,only to produce more ugly stories. Just the tip my friends,said this before,one only needs to visualize Lawyers with Card Tables on the Sidewalks in front of the Casino's.

[AKing]

4. I worked in Vegas in the late 70's. Harassment & Groping was an every day occurence

[Sophiegirl]

5. Unsurprising. eom

[mpcamb]

6. Who was the Las Vegas Review-Journal editor at that time?