Sheldon Adelson Has Already Used Control of Nevada’s Largest Newspaper for a Nefarious Purpose
Color me shocked: turns out Sheldon Adelson’s ownership of The Las Vegas Review-Journal (which he attempted to keep a secret) may not have been totally motivated by his love of the printed word.
Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson’s family was revealed as the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, three reporters at the newspaper received an unusual assignment passed down from the newspaper’s corporate management: Drop everything and spend two weeks monitoring all activity of three Clark County judges.
One of the three judges observed was District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, whose current caseload includes Jacobs v. Sands, a long-running wrongful termination lawsuit filed against Adelson and his company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., by Steven Jacobs, who ran Sands’ operations in Macau.
The case has attracted global media attention because of Jacobs’ contention in court filings that he was fired for trying to break the company’s links to Chinese organized crime triads, and allegations that Adelson turned a blind eye to prostitution and other illegal activities in his resorts there.
In May the billionaire and the judge clashed when Adelson took the witness stand but refused to answer a routine question.
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And if you like Adelson, his way of doing business, his crusade to make sure marijuana prohibition continues and his long stated desire to drop an “atomic bomb” on Iran, make sure you vote GOP!