LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The previous Republican congressional candidate and ex-wrestler charged with homicide is interesting his grand jury indictment to the Nevada Supreme Court docket.
Dan Rodimer is accused of punching Christopher Tapp, 47, inside Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 29, 2023, resulting in Tapp’s loss of life. Docs pronounced Tapp lifeless at a Las Vegas hospital on Nov. 5, 2023. The Clark County coroner’s workplace dominated Tapp’s loss of life a murder because of blunt power trauma to his head, paperwork stated. A scan confirmed he suffered a number of mind bleeds.
A Clark County grand jury indicted Rodimer on the homicide cost final April. His attorneys argue prosecutors confirmed the grand jury “illegal evidence” and didn’t “properly instruct” the panel when it voted.
Clark County District Court docket Choose Tierra Jones denied Rodimer’s pretrial petition, resulting in the attraction.
Tapp was acquitted of homicide after serving 20 years in jail.
It was not instantly clear when the excessive court docket may hear Rodimer’s arguments.
In 2020, Rodimer misplaced his bid to signify Nevada’s third Congressional District towards Democratic Rep. Susie Lee. Rodimer misplaced the election by practically 13,000 votes — or 3 proportion factors. He later left Nevada and misplaced a bid to signify Texas’ sixth Congressional District, coming in eleventh in a 2021 major.
