LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Nevada Supreme Court docket briefly suspended the regulation license of a Las Vegas legal professional accused of forcing ladies he represented to carry out sexual acts on himself and his mates — and in a single case, allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot.
Police arrested longtime protection legal professional Gary Guymon, 62, on Feb. 3 on prices together with intercourse trafficking, conspiracy to commit homicide, solicitation to commit homicide, pandering, and bribing or intimidating a witness to affect testimony.
On Tuesday, the Nevada Supreme Court docket granted the State Bar of Nevada’s petition to briefly droop Guymon from practising regulation in Nevada and prohibit him from withdrawing any funds from accounts holding any shopper funds, besides upon written approval of bar counsel, courtroom paperwork mentioned.
The justices mentioned as a result of prices Guymon faces referring to allegations of conduct by him involving shoppers, it granted the bar’s petition. The petition and supporting documentation confirmed that Guymon “appears to be posing a substantial threat of serious harm to the public,” paperwork mentioned.
The Nevada Supreme Court docket additionally denied a separate petition filed by Guymon for an order transferring him to incapacity inactive standing. Guymon claimed that he was affected by a incapacity attributable to psychological well being and habit issues that made it not possible to “adequately defend against the investigation and any potential disciplinary proceedings,” courtroom paperwork mentioned.
The Nevada Supreme Court docket mentioned a supporting psychological well being letter submitted with the petition consisted of “a half-page cursory opinion” from a psychologist who interviewed Guymon on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7.
Feb. 7 was the identical day Guymon filed the petition and some days after his arrest. The Nevada Supreme Court docket mentioned the petition offered a “vague background,” suggesting Guymon was not experiencing a major depressive episode.
Investigation into Guymon
Police started their investigation in November 2024 and recognized 4 victims from August 2024 via the top of January. Two of the alleged victims have been concerned in prostitution instances, police mentioned.
Guymon referred to his prostitution ring because the “$100 club,” in response to an arrest report the 8 Information Now Investigators obtained. Guymon additionally referred to himself as a “Demon of validation” and compelled one girl to make use of a intercourse toy and threatened her with incarceration if she didn’t comply with his orders, in response to police.
Las Vegas legal professional accused of forcing shoppers into intercourse acts: ‘Call me your mother******* pimp’
Guymon bought a Vary Rover and leased an house for one more girl who mentioned the connection moved from legal professional/shopper to romantic, the report acknowledged. Guymon is married.
When the connection took a flip, Guymon despatched a number of threatening textual content messages, police mentioned.
“I just became your mother******* gorilla pimp!!!!” Guymon texted, in response to the report. “Effective immediately: you will do what I tell you to do. You will date who I tell you to date. You will not break stride. You will march forward.”
When the lady tried to get a restraining order towards him, Guymon repeatedly threatened her, police mentioned.
In trade for withholding testimony towards Guymon and withholding complaints to the Nevada State Bar, Guymon and his pal provided the lady $1,000 monthly, the report acknowledged. When she didn’t obey, Guymon reached out to a convicted felon who related him with one other convicted felon who had a earlier arrest for homicide to debate killing the lady in trade for cash, in response to the arrest report.
Police additionally uncovered textual content messages between Guymon and his mates, together with not less than one married Las Vegas legal professional, the place Guymon seems to have organized conferences the place he would pressure the ladies to have intercourse along with his mates, the report described.
In an interview with police, “Guymon [denied] introducing clients of his to associates of [his] for sexual acts,” paperwork mentioned. “He stated multiple times he was just attempting to help the females out and would occasionally receive lap dances from them.”
In keeping with Guymon’s web site, he was a practising legal professional for 34 years and spent 15 years on the Clark County District Legal professional’s Workplace. Whereas he was a chief deputy district legal professional, he specialised in homicides and sexual assault instances towards kids, the location mentioned.
Certainly one of Guymon’s high-profile shoppers was Margaret Rudin, who was dubbed as “The Black Widow.” A choose dismissed her homicide prices in December greater than 20 years after a jury convicted her of killing her husband.
He was additionally the legal professional for Probability Comanche, a basketball participant charged with killing his ex-girlfriend. Comanche and Sakari Harnden, 19, are accused of killing Marayna Rodgers, 23, by strangling her after which burying her physique in a Henderson neighborhood.
