BREAKING NEWS: Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, appears in North Las Vegas court charged with rape and sexual assault: Dances With Wolves actor remanded in custody without bail

• Detectives discovered memory cards with videos of the sexual assaults in a raid
• They also found firearms, 41 pounds of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms 
• Chasing Horse was supported in the courtroom by members of his family

Nathan Chasing Horse has appeared in court for the first time since his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting and trafficking young women.

The Native American actor, 46, appeared in North Las Vegas Justice Court and was remanded in custody without bail.

He is accused of being the leader of a cult called ‘The Circle’, which would groom and rape young women and girls.

Chasing Horse, who appeared in Dances With Wolves, will next appear on February 6 and was supported in court by several members of his family.

Wearing glasses and a blue prison-issued jumpsuit, Chasing Horse had his long hair scraped back as he remained handcuffed during the hearing.

The Native American actor, 46, appeared in North Las Vegas Justice Court and was remanded in custody without bail. He was handcuffed at the waist and did not appear to be shackled 

Chasing Horse, who appeared in Dances With Wolves, will next appear on February 6 and was supported in court by several members of his family

A tattoo that appeared to be of a spider was visible on his neck as he looked down throughout the court hearing. 

He will remain at Clark County Detention center after his arrest by the Las Vega Metropolitan Police on Wednesday at around 3.55pm

Chasing Horse is charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sex trafficking an adult, sexual assault of a child less than 16 years old and one charge of child abuse or neglect.

He is accused of running a cult that sexually abused young indigenous girls at his Las Vegas home – which he is said to share with five wives.

Sources have also claimed that he had ‘suicide pills’ in case police stormed his home in Nevada where he was arrested on Tuesday.

Chasing Horse allegedly also trained his wives to use firearms, so they could ‘open fire’ on cops if they ever swooped on his property.

During the raid, police found memory cards with videos of the sexual assaults, firearms, 41 pounds of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms in the home.

At least two women told police that Chasing Horse had shown his wives a stash of ‘small white pills’ that he called ‘suicide pills’ sometime in 2019 or 2020, years before his arrest.

Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, was known for his role as Smiles a Lot – a young Sioux tribe member in the 1990 Oscar-winning film Dances With Wolves

Chasing Horse (right) is seen in 1999 taking part in a symbolic journey, carrying a sacred bundle from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Yellowstone National Park to raise awareness of the importance of bison

Police allege he also used his position to abuse young Native American girls, some as young as 13. Pictured: Chasing Horse in the movie Dances With Wolves

The women were instructed to ‘take a pill to kill themselves in the event he dies or law enforcement tries to break their family apart,’ according to the warrant.

One of Chasing Horse’s former wives also told police that she believed his current wives would ‘carry out the instructions’ to take the pills and open fire on law enforcement if officers came to the home to arrest him. 

The Native American played Smiles a Lot in the 1990 Oscar-winning film, Dances With Wolves and was arrested as part of a months-long investigation.

He was banned by tribal leaders from the Fort Peck Reservation amid human trafficking allegations after gaining a reputation among tribes across the US and Canada.

Chasing Horse was well known to the tribes as a ‘Medicine Man’ or ‘Holy Person,’ with those roles being highly regarded within Native American spiritual traditions and belief systems.

Police have accused him of using his reputation ‘as a tool to sexually assault young girls on numerous occasions,’ according to an arrest warrant, which noted that his followers believed he could communicate with higher beings.

Las Vegas police were investigating the actor’s home in the north of the Nevada city for hours after he was taken into custody, searching the property.

Several SWAT officers were seen outside the two-story home as detectives carried out their search.

No resistance has been reported by the police when they entered the property, or when they arrested the actor near his home.

His arrest is the culmination of a months-long investigation that began after police received a tip in October 2022, according to a 50-page search warrant.

He has since been arrested for allegedly running a cult that sexually abused young indigenous girls at his Las Vegas home – which he is said to share with five wives

His daughter Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, 20, is an IMG model and Native American activist 

Las Vegas police have identified at least six alleged victims, with claims dating back to the early 2000s in multiple states – including Montana, South Dakota and Nevada.

He was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, which is home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation.

Some of the alleged victims were as young as 13, according to the warrant, and one woman claimed online that she was first raped by the star when she was just 14.

Corena Leone called the actor a ‘predator’ who demanded that she give her virginity to him and the life of her firstborn to help her mother, who had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

A second woman has also posted similar claims online, though has not revealed her identity.

After meeting Chasing Horse in 2011, and says she was sexually assaulted by him in 2014 when she was just a child and has now launched a ‘campaign of awareness’.

Corena, who posted her claims online in September, says she called Chasing Horse and other men ‘grandfather’ – with the actor telling her she had to ‘give up’ her virginity to help her mother.

The daughter of Chasing Horse, Quannah Rose Chasing Horse, also shared support with Corena back in September.

The IMG model and activist says that she was brought up by her mother and step-father in Alaska and had nothing to do with him – despite having his name.

One of Chasing Horse’s wives was allegedly offered to him as a ‘gift’ when she was 15, while another became a wife after turning 16.

Chasing Horse also is accused of recording sexual assaults and arranging sex with the victims for other men who allegedly paid him.

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