By james art 
A US District Court has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed against Genting’s Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) and its former president Scott Sibella by a notorious high-stakes gambler alleging negligence, civil conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
As reported by Las Vegas Review-Journalthe lawsuit was filed last year by Robert Cipriani, aka “RobinHood702,” alleging that RWLV and Sibella allowed a known criminal to gamble and caused them to harass and intimidate him when he informed them of the gambler’s identity.
The incident in question occurred in November 2021, when Cipriani allegedly got into a fight with fellow gambler Robert Alexander — a former Las Vegas businessman who was convicted of fraud in 2020 — for filming him against his will. Cipriani subsequently took Alexander’s phone, for which he was charged with robbery and theft – although the charges were later dismissed – and was also accused by RWLV of reverse betting while playing blackjack that same day. Reverse betting is considered a fraudulent act in Nevada casinos.
After filing a lawsuit alleging negligence, civil conspiracy and intentional infliction of emotional distress, the court last week dismissed the lawsuit, saying Cipriani failed to adequately prove how RWLV or Sibella were responsible for Alexander’s actions, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Put another way, it is not as if the Court simply found some factual allegations lacking, but the existing allegations suggest that there are other facts that would make Cipriani’s allegations plausible,” the judge wrote.
Sibella is no stranger to controversy, having been released from RWLV in September 2023 for violating company policy. In January of this year, he pleaded guilty to federal charges that he failed to file suspicious transaction reports that his casino was required to make under the Bank Secrecy Act while he was president of the MGM Grand from August 2017 to February 2019. Sibella’s stay at RWLV is also under investigation by the Gaming Control Board.
RWLV has its own concerns, as the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a disciplinary complaint against it in August for allegedly failing to fulfill its responsibilities as a Nevada gaming privilege holder by allowing individuals with suspected or proven ties to illegal activities to bet on properties.