Shock update in case of ex-wrestler 'who murdered killer in Vegas for offering model stepdaughter cocaine'

A large Republican donor and contention car operator has been accused of telling Las Vegas partygoers not to telephone information oregon for aesculapian assistance aft an ex-wrestler allegedly pummeled an accused murderer to decease past year.

Vera Tapp, the parent of the victim, Christopher Tapp filed a civilian suit connected Thursday against John Odom, his institution Odom Racing, Resorts World Las Vegas and Las Vegas Nights VIP, claiming helium convinced others not to enactment erstwhile Dan Rodimer started beating connected her lad connected October 29, 2023, according to KLAS. 

'Defendant John Odom was successful the maestro chamber erstwhile the onslaught occurred, and during the attack, 2 large banging noises were heard by persons who attended the party,' the suit says.

'After the onslaught occurred, suspect John Odom and Daniel Rodimer exited the chamber and suspect John Odom loudly said not to telephone security.'

None of the defendants successful the suit past called for aesculapian attention, contempt knowing that Tapp - who spent 2 decades down bars for a execution helium did not commit - was severely injured, it claims.

'After laying concussed successful the maestro chamber for a important time, Resorts World's information was contacted.'

Odom, who made his wealth arsenic a operation enforcement successful Idaho and was hosting the party, allegedly told information that Tapp, 47, slipped and fell, and aesculapian unit arrived astir fractional an hr later, the suit says.

It goes connected to assertion that the defendants did not supply information for the raucous Halloween enactment and failed to supply Tapp with assistance successful a timely manner.

Tapp, who was 1 of Odom's racing company's large backers, was near with a life-threatening encephalon bleed and a severely swollen cervix and was drifting successful and retired of consciousness erstwhile helium was yet taken to the hospital.

He died 5 days later. 

Police said astatine the clip they initially suspected Tapp died of an 'apparent overdose' and 'fall,' according to tribunal documents obtained by KLAS.

But aft interviewing witnesses astatine the party, constabulary claimed ex-wrestler and erstwhile Nevada Republican legislature campaigner Rodimer attacked Tapp aft helium offered Rodimer's exemplary stepdaughter, Bella Duffy, cocaine. 

They allege that Rodimer, who was dressed arsenic Ken from the Barbie movie, ripped disconnected his fur overgarment and charged astatine him shirtless, punching him and pushing him. Tapp past allegedly deed his caput connected a array arsenic helium fell.

Duffy's friend, Dani Lyons, aboriginal told constabulary she had been doing cocaine with Bella and different idiosyncratic successful the maestro bathroom, when Tapp joined them. 

She claimed Bella's dada came successful soon aft and 'got upset with Christopher,' according to the tribunal papers. 

One enactment organizer said 'Bella rules' had been discussed earlier the enactment got afloat underway. One of them was that Bella should not beryllium fixed cocaine.

'Dan accused Chris of giving cocaine to Bella and said, 'If you springiness my girl immoderate of that s**t, I volition f***ing termination you,' Dani aged cops.

'A abbreviated clip later, Dani saw Dan tally into the bedroom, she assumed to combat Christopher,' the papers state. 'Dani and Bella followed down Dan.'

'Dani saw Dan sound Christopher to the ground, astatine which clip Christopher's caput deed a tiny table,' the warrant continues.

'Dan proceeded to punch Christopher passim his caput and body. Dani described Dan arsenic the instigator and described that Christopher was not warring back.

'Dani near the country due to the fact that she did not privation to proceed to witnesser what Dan was doing to Christopher due to the fact that it was "disgusting".'

Later, arsenic Dani was successful the lobby leaving Resorts World, 'she observed Christopher being wheeled retired connected a gurney by paramedics,' the papers state.

Still, the civilian suit claims cipher who witnessed the combat called security.

It was lone erstwhile different partygoers recovered Tapp lying with his eyes unfastened connected a furniture but incapable to talk that they called 911.

They reported that helium had a ample people connected the near broadside of his neck.

By December 2023, the Clark County coroner's bureau determined Tapp died of blunt unit trauma to his head, with a scan showing helium suffered respective encephalon bleeds

It ruled his decease a homicide. 

Lyons would aboriginal assertion to a expansive assemblage that Rodimer's wife, Sarah, told her the adjacent time not to accidental thing if instrumentality enforcement asked.

'She said if anyone asks you astir it, instrumentality enforcement omniscient to accidental you didn't spot anything,' Lyons said, according to JLAS.

'She said you don't privation to get progressive successful this.' 

Rodimer, who adamantly denies murder, was yet charged successful aboriginal March, aft constabulary got a warrant to hunt phones belonging to him, his wife, his stepdaughter and Odom.

They recovered a bid of aggravated messages Sarah wrote to Rodimer wrong 4 hours of the attack.

One of them said: 'I watched you astir execution idiosyncratic and I had to instrumentality your f***ing hands disconnected from his cervix arsenic helium laid determination and you ran away.

'Nobody should person to ticker their hubby execution somebody,' she added.

Another connection said: 'I watched you execution idiosyncratic similar fto that descend successful you psychopath.'

A constabulary affidavit supporting the apprehension besides claimed Rodimer and Sarah were caught connected a constabulary wiretap agonizing implicit however to support Bella and Dani silent.

'Bella told the constabulary she was determination with her friends,' Sarah tells her hubby during a January 2 telephone conversation.

'I'm similar wherefore did you person to accidental anything?' Sarah past calls her ain girl 'so f***king dumb.'

'Ugh,' Rodimer replies.

Rodimer besides asks whether Bella has spoken with Dani astir the case, and Sarah replies: 'She said she hasn't talked to her astir it yet.'

'Yep, good astatine slightest conscionable to speech to her, similar I cognize nothing, I didn't spot anything,' Rodimer tells his wife.

Sarah allegedly went connected to knock Dani arsenic 'the dumbest miss that ever lived connected earth.'

Rodimer's attorneys person since sought to exclude the damning texts from the grounds arsenic they combat the execution charge.

They besides argued that immoderate of the expansive assemblage grounds was impermissible, but a justice denied their claims.

Rodimer present remains retired of custody connected a $200,000 enslaved arsenic helium awaits his assemblage proceedings successful February.

Odom, Sarah and different partygoers person not been charged criminally successful Tapp's death.