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Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter. Wednesday, February fourth,
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twenty twenty six. Today's show anchor Savannah Guthrie is not
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in a newsroom this morning. She's in Tucson, Arizona, searching
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for her mother. Nancy Guthrie, eighty four years old, was
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taken from her bed sometime late Saturday night or early
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Sunday morning. Blood found inside the home, signs of forced entry,
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personal belongings left behind, wallet, phone, car keys. An eighty
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four year old woman who can't walk fifty yards without help,
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who needs daily medication to survive vanished. Pima County Sheriff
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says she was taken against her will. FBI is now involved,
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no ransom demands, no suspects, and Savannah Guthrie just had
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what she's calling the worst phone call of her life.
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Nathan Chasing Horse, you'll remember we covered his trial when
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it began back on January sixteenth, the Dances with Wolves
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actor who played Smiles a lot in the nineteen ninety film.
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Prosecutors said he used his reputation as a Lakota medicine
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man to build a cult of up to three hundred
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fifty followers and prey on Indigenous women and girls. Friday,
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a Las Vegas jury convicted him on thirteen of twenty
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one charges sexual assault of a minor under sixteen, lewdness,
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child pornography. Faces a minimum of twenty five years in
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prison sentencing March eleventh. And in Norway, Crown Princess Meta
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Mariite's twenty nine year old son, Marius borg Hoybie, walked
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into Oslo District Court yesterday to face thirty eight criminal charges,
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four counts of rape, domestic violence, assault, drug trafficking. Seven
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alleged victims pleaded not guilty to the rapes. But here's
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the twist. He was arrested again on Sunday, the day
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before his trial started, on new charges of assault, knife threats,
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and violating a restraining order. And his mother her Jeffrey
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Epstein emails just resurfaced nearly a thousand mentions in newly
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released files, emails calling Epstein charming and sweet. Years after
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his guilty plea for soliciting a minor. Norway's royal family
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is in crisis. I'm read Carter today, a mother missing,
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a predator convicted, and a prince on trial. This is
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celebrity trials. Let's start in Tucson, Catalina Foothill's neighborhood. Quiet, affluent,
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the kind of place where million dollar homes sit behind
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landscaped yards and people know their neighbors. Nancy Guthrie lives
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there alone, eighty four years old, mother of three, grandmother,
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the woman who raised Savannah Guthrie, America's Morning anchor, after
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Savannah's father died of a heart attack during her high
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school years. Nancy raised those three kids by herself, and
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she's been living independently in Tucson for years. Saturday night,
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January thirty, first last confirmed sighting of Nancy Guthrie between
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nine thirty and nine forty five PM in her home.
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Normal evening, nothing unusual. Sunday morning, Nancy was supposed to
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be at church. She didn't show up. Nancy Guthrie always
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shows up, the kind of woman who doesn't miss church,
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who follows a routine, who people notice when she's absent.
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Around noon on Sunday, someone went to check on her.
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The house was wrong, blood inside, signs of forced entry.
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Nancy was gone, her wallet was still there, her phone,
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her car in the driveway, her keys, everything a person
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would take if they were leaving voluntarily all left behind.
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An eighty four year old woman doesn't walk away from
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her home in the middle of the night without her phone,
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her wallet, her car, and her keys, especially not a
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woman who can't walk fifty yards without assistance. Pima County
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Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed Monday that Nancy Guthrie was believed
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to have been taken from her bed against her will.
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His words, taken from her bed against her will. That's
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not a welfare check. That's not a missing person's case.
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That's a kidnapping. The Sheriff's department activated immediately. Homicide detectives
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assigned the home, declared an active crime scene, DNA evidence
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collected and sent for testing. FBI brought into assist a
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two five hundred dollars reward offered through the eighty eight
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Crime nonprofit for information leading to Nancy's recovery. But here's
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what makes this terrifying. Nancy Guthrie requires daily medication. Without it,
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her condition deteriorates rapidly. The Sheriff's office has said that
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going without her medication could be fatal. Fatal. That word
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changes everything. This isn't just a missing person, this is
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race against the clock. Sheriff Nanos said Nancy has no
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cognitive issues sharp as attack of sound mind. She's not
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someone who wandered off confused. She's someone who was taken
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and she doesn't have the physical ability to escape on
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her own, can't walk fifty yards, depends on medication to
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stay alive, and has been missing since sometime late Saturday
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night or early Sunday morning. That's days now. The investigation
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has raised more questions than answers. No ransom demands. Nobody
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has called the family or law enforcement asking for money.
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That's unusual in a kidnapping. If someone took Nancy Guthrie
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to extort her famous daughter, you'd expect a demand by now,
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unless the motive isn't money. Sheriff Nano's told reporters he
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doesn't believe the general public is in danger, but he
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also said he can't rule out that Nancy was targeted
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because of Savannah's fame. Can't confirm it, can't deny it,
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just can't rule it out, which means investigators are looking
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at everything, every angle, every possibility, including whether someone went
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after an eighty four year old woman to get to
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the woman who wakes up America every morning. There are
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no known threats against Savannah Guthrie, no stalker cases, no
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public disputes that would motivate violence against her family. But
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fame creates visibility, and visibility creates vulnerability, especially for elderly
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family members living alone. Now Savannah, she was supposed to
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be in Milan right now the Winter Olympics NBC's Marquee coverage.
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Savannah was scheduled to co host the opening ceremony on
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February sixth with Mike Tarico, one of the biggest assignments
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in broadcast journalism. Instead, she got a phone call. She's
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described it as the worst phone call of her life.
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Dropped everything, flew to Arizona immediately, traveling with a security team.
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The Milan Olympics assignment is gone. Someone else will co
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host the opening ceremony. Savannah Guthrie is in Tucson searching
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for her mother. She posted on Instagram a plea for help,
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for prayers, for tips. We believe in prayer. Please raise
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your prayers with us, bring her home. Her statement thanked.
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Supporters asked anyone with information to call the tip line,
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begging the public for anything, any detail, any sighting, any clue.
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The Today's Show has covered the story two days running,
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led the broadcast with it. Her co host's visibly shaken.
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Carson Daley said on air, I don't think I've ever
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prayed for anything harder in my life. Hoda Cutbee, Craig Melvin,
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Chanelle Jones all emotional. This isn't just a news story
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to them. This is their friend, their colleague, and her
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mother is missing. Anyone who watches The Today Show knows this.
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Nancy has appeared on air, been referenced in segments, Mother's
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Day tributes, Thanksgiving stories. The relationship between Savannah and her
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mother is something the audience has watched for you. Nancy
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raised three children alone after her husband died, taught them resilience, faith, strength,
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and now she's gone. Here's the pattern that concerns investigators.
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Elderly woman, living alone, affluent neighborhood, famous daughter, no security
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system that prevented entry, blood inside the home, forced entry,
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no belongings taken, no phone, no car, someone came for
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Nancy Guthrie specifically, didn't ransack the place, didn't steal valuables,
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took the person. DNA evidence is being tested. That takes time,
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but it could be the break investigator's need. Blood in
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the home, could belong to Nancy, could belong to whoever
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took her, could tell us if there was a struggle,
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how violent it was, whether Nancy was injured before being removed.
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The FBI's involvement suggests this is being treated with maximum urgency,
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federal resources, forensic capabilities, intelligence databases, the kind of tools
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local law enforcement doesn't all always have access to. When
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the FBI gets involved in a missing person's case, it
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means they believe there's a credible threat and the resources
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are warranted. Sheriff Nanos has been measured in his public comments. Careful,
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doesn't want to compromise the investigation, doesn't want to speculate.
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But the facts speak for themselves. Blood, forced entry, an
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elderly woman who can't walk on her own, no voluntary
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departure possible. This is an abduction. The question is who
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and why? And is Nancy Guthrie still alive? Every hour
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that passes without her medication makes the answer to that
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last question more uncertain. Nancy Guthrie is eighty four years old, mother, grandmother,
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a woman who raised her children alone, who should be
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in church on Sunday morning, who should be talking to
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her daughter on the phone, who should be safe in
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her own home. Bring Nancy home. We'll be right back.
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With the conviction of Dances with Wolves actor Nathan cha Horse,
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a medicine man, a cult leader, a predator, and a
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jury that said guilty on thirteen counts. Welcome back to
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celebrity trials. I'm reed, Carter Friday, January thirtieth, twenty twenty six,
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Las Vegas, Nevada, Clark County Courtroom. The jury returned its
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verdict in State versus Nathan Chasing Horse, guilty thirteen of
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twenty one charges. We brought you this story back on
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January sixteenth, when the trial began. Nathan Chasing Horse, forty
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nine years old, best known for playing smiles a lot
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in Kevin Costner's nineteen ninety Academy Award winning film Dances
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with Wolves. He was a teenager when he got that role,
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a young Lakota man from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
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Hollywood loved him, the indigenous community embraced him. He was
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supposed to be a symbol of Native American pride on
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the big screen. Instead, prosecutors say he used that fame,
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that reputation to build something monstrous Chasing Horse positioned himself
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as a Lakota medicine man, a holy man, a spiritual leader.
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He founded what followers called the Circle, up to three
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hundred and fifty people at its peak, mostly Indigenous women
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and girls, people who believed in him, who trusted him,
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who thought he had spiritual authority, and he allegedly weaponized
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that trust for nearly twenty years. The main victim in
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the Nevada case was fourteen years old in twenty twelve. Fourteen.
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Her mother had cancer was dying. Chasing Horse told the
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girl that the spirits demanded her virginity, that if she
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didn't submit, her mother would die. That if she told
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anyone what happened, her mother would die. That's not spirituality,
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that's not medicine. That's predation disguised as prayer, using a
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dying woman's cancer to rape her daughter. The assaults continued
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for years. The victim said she was trapped, believed him,
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believed the spirits would punish her family if she spoke.
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That's the power of a cult leader. You don't need
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locks on the doors when you've locked people's minds. Deputy
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District Attorney Biancapucci told the jury Chasing Horse spun a
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web of abuse for nearly two decades, exploiting indigenous traditions,
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manipulating vulnerable families, targeting women and girls who were already
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marginalized by poverty, by geography, by the isolation of reservation life.
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The jury deliberated and came back with their verdict guilty
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on thirteen counts sexual assault of a miner under sixteen,
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lewdness with a child, possession of child sexual abuse material.
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These aren't minor charges. These are the kind of convictions
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that end with decades behind bars. He was acquitted on
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eight charges, including the kidnapping counts. The jury apparently drew
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a line between the sexual offenses, which they believed were proven,
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and the more complex allegations around movement and control. But
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thirteen guilty verdicts is devastating enough to put Nathan Chasing
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Horse away for the rest of his functional life. Minimum
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sentence twenty five years. He's forty nine. Do the math.
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He'll be at least seventy four before he's eligible for
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anything resembling freedom, and that's the minimum the judge could
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go higher. Sentencing is scheduled for March eleventh. Clark County
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District Attorney Steve Wolfson released a statement, Exploitation and abuse
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will not be tolerated regardless of the defendant's public persona
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or claims of spiritual authority. That's the line right there.
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Public persona, spiritual authority neither protects you from accountability. Doesn't
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matter if you were in a Kevin Costner movie. Doesn't
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matter if three hundred and fifty people called you a
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holy man. You assault a child, you answer for it.
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Defense attorney Craig Muller said he was confused and disappointed
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by the verdict, plans to file a motion for a
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new trial, called the accuser's credibility into question standard defense posture.
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But the jury heard the evidence, heard the testimony, decided
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they believed the victims thirteen times over. And Nevada isn't
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the only jurisdiction with its eyes on chasing Horse. He
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faces charges in other states and in Canada. British Columbia
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has said it will assess next steps after the American
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sentencing and any appeals are resolved. The web of abuse
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apparently crossed state lines and international borders. This is what
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happens when a community places someone on a pedestal and
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nobody questions them when spiritual authority becomes absolute, when a
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famous face provides cover for unspeakable acts. Three hundred and
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fifty followers, women and girls who trusted him, and a
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fourteen year old who was told the spirits demanded her
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body to save her mother's life. Nathan Chasing Horse was
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smiles a lot in a movie. In real life, he
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was something much darker, and now a jury has told
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him so. The victims in this case were Indigenous women
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and girls, communities that are already disproportionately affected by sexual violence,
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communities where cases are underreported, where investigations are underfunded, where
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justice is rare. The fact that this case made it
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to trial, that prosecutors pursued it, that a jury convicted
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on thirteen counts, that matters. It matters for every Indigenous
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woman and girl who's been told nobody will believe her.
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Someone believed them this time, thirteen times. Sentencing March eleventh
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will be there coming up. A Norwegian prince walks into
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court on thirty eight criminal charges, including four counts of rape.
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He was arrested again the day before his trial started,
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and his mother, the Crown Princess, is drowning in Jeffrey
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Epstein emails. Norway's royal family is in freefall. Welcome back
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to celebrity trials. I'm reed Carter Oslo, Norway, Oslow District Court.
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Yesterday morning, February third, twenty twenty six, Marius borg Hoybee
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walked into the court room to face thirty eight criminal charges,
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including four counts of rape. Twenty nine years old, son
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of Crown Princess Meta Marite of Norway from a previous relationship,
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step son of Crown Prince Hagen, who is heir to