Conflict of interest with victim settlement case:
Judge in the lawsuit case Jennifer Togliatti is the daughter of George Toglatti, who was the VP of Security for MGM Resorts International at the time of the shooting
200 security cctv cameras in and around the properties were inoperable or malfunctioned on oct 1
Robert Eglet attorney who initially went after MGM after the incident then flipped
MGM has vast corporate resources to help control media narrative Paul and Len Discuss legal aspects of the the lawsuit, the countersuit, and settlement
Over 4,500 claimants in the lawsuit filed against MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International Sued for negligence related to incident
Paddock was allowed to move 21 sets of luggage to his room over the course of his stay, multiple times allowed to take the employee/freight elevator
Property was not properly zoned nor outfitted to allow for safe evacuation in the event of an emergency
MGM claimed that they were not liable because they “were not aware that such an incident was possible”
HOWEVER, an incident at the hotel took place in the year prior where an unrelated hotel guest was found to have setup a sniper's nest in his hotel room
pre-settlement estimates had the victim payout valued in the multiple billions of dollars
Settled for $736 million
With insurance coverage MGM will actually only pay out $49 million dollars of the 736 mil. settlement
736 million dollars split among 4500 people [how much to the attorneys?]Background / Misc. Notes:
Stephen Paddock’s checkered family:
Paddock’s father (Benjamin Hoskins Paddock) spent 9 years on the FBI’s Most Wanted list (4th longest stint in the 112 year history of the FBI’s most infamous list)
One of Paddock’s 2 brothers had criminal record related to child porn charges in CA
There were 277 active shooter incidents in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to the FBI.
These incidents accounted for 884 deaths, 2,430 casualties and 1,546 wounded.
Vegas shooting stands as worst shooting in US history
MGM is the largest corporate entity in the state of Nevada
MGM Resorts International owned the hotel AS WELL AS the land that the Harvest Festival took place on
On October 3, 2019, MGM Resorts reached a settlement of $800 million with the victims of the shooting, which was approved by a judge on September 30, 2020
Paddock Wired 100,000 to his gf prior to shooting, supposedly for a new home
Paddock was a successful business man and neo-professional gambler and his wagering of 1.3+ million dollars in the week leading up to the shooting was not out of his ordinary
Paddock was not under financial distress at the time of the shooting. However he was
Paddock Planned the shooting as far out as 6 months
Paddock scouted Multiple targets
Rented room at the Ogden on the opposite side of the strip where a Life is Beautiful Music Fest was taking place
Researched this music festival and grounds in similar ways to Route 91 Harvest Festival
Similarly looked into potential targets in Chicago, IL in the summer of 2016
Documentary watch: Money Machine
