A 39-year-old Las Vegas man is to appear Tuesday before District Judge Dave Gamble on a lewdness charge after a casino cocktail waitress said he put his hand under her skirt and ran his hand between her legs.
Russell Darrin Bricker was indicted May 9 by the Douglas County grand jury on a charge of open or gross lewdness. If convicted, he faces up to one year in Douglas County Jail and a $2,000 fine.
The alleged victim accused Bricker of touching her March 29 while she was working inside Club Cabo Wabo at Harveys Casino.
She said he ran his hand under her skirt until he pulled her skirt up to the point where her buttock showed.
According to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report, she turned and slapped the suspect and shoved him towards Harvey’s security guards located at the entrance to the club.
Bricker works at the Mirage in Las Vegas, according to reports.
The woman asked that he be arrested for battery and testified before the grand jury.
In a statement Bricker made to deputies, he reportedly admitted touching the woman’s underwear but denied making contact with her skin.
He told deputies he “did not know in my state that she was an employee, my intentions were not to offend her in any way.”
Bricker had a .15 preliminary breath test at the jail, nearly twice the legal limit of .08 for drinking in Nevada.