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29 Oct
Prominent Las Vegaspoker pro Raymond Davis has reached a plea deal with Nevada authorities to resolve sex-related charges that could have resulted in a lengthy prison stint. Instead, after already spending more than a year behind bars, he has been released with a time-served sentence, though he could still face a one-to-six-year term should he fail to adhere to the conditions of his release.
Davis's saga dates back several years. The founder of the RealGrinders poker players group was arrested in April 2019 on an open warrant issued in 2016 that went unfilled despite Davis's relatively high profile in the Las Vegas gambling community. The criminal complaint against Davis involved multiple activities of sexual activity with three minors, the primary accuser being under age 14, with the activity having occurred in 2014 and 2015.
Davis was alleged by the primary victim, then 13, to have paid cash and offered other financial aid in exchange for oral sex and other lewd activities. Investigators ultimately filed nine felony charges against Davis, though none of the agencies involved have ever made a statement as to why Davis remained free — and highly visible on the Vegas scene — for nearly three years.
Once in custody, Davis's own behavior made a bad situation worse. Originally freed on $25,000 bond, Davis was remanded on a much higher $500,000 bond after repeated courtroom outbursts and violations. Davis also fired multiple attorneys and unsuccessfully sought to represent himself, as a court-ordered public defender eventually provided formal representation.
Meanwhile, according to multiple reports, Davis turned down a plea deal on multiple occasions, though when his trial began earlier this month and the evidence began to be presented, he changed his mind and accepted the offer. Rather than battle the nine charges, which included included three counts of sexual assault of a minor under the age of 14, two counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14, and other chargeable acts, Davis instead pled guilty to a felony coercion charge (with no sexual behavior element) and a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Within days of being freed, Davis posted a statement via the 17,000-member RealGrinders Facebook group, where he has resumed admin duties. In the statement, Davis continued to profess his innocence while claiming the jury was stacked against him — it reportedly contained only one black juror — and that he had no choice to take the deal.
Davis's statement and return to the RealGrinders scene led to a strange sidebar in the saga involving another poker-world veteran, Terry King. King had been a longtime friend of Davis's and had held an admin role in the RealGrinders group. King recounted how she had helped Davis with thousands of dollars in legal fees and cared for his pets while Davis was jailed, though she claimed Davis ultimately accused her of theft, and the friendship ended bitterly. King wrote, 'He swore he was innocent, he said he vaguely remembered an extortion plot years ago,' in reference to the underaged girl at the heart of the criminal complaint against Davis.
Raymond Davis has taken a plea deal. And so comes to a close a year and a half of bizarre legal wrangling.
Davis is a founding member of RealGrinders and is a tournament pro with $1.6 million in live cashes.
In April 2019, he was picked up on traffic violations. However, when he was run through the system, it threw up several outstanding warrants. The charges, dating from September 2016, included nine counts of sex crimes against multiple children. Three of these charges were felony charges. The remaining six counts were gross misdemeanors.
He was represented by Craig Mueller — a public defender — given a bail of $25,000, and sent home with an ankle monitor.
Contempt and contemptibility
When he came back to the court, things took a number of other strange turns.
In the first place, Davis opted to defend himself. Not only is it ill-advised to try and take on the law without a lawyer. It is still less advisable to couch your defense in ad hominem attacks on the judge and prosecutor.
Which he proceeded to do.
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Contempt and contemptibility
When he came back to the court, things took a number of other strange turns.
In the first place, Davis opted to defend himself. Not only is it ill-advised to try and take on the law without a lawyer. It is still less advisable to couch your defense in ad hominem attacks on the judge and prosecutor.
Which he proceeded to do.
Raymond Davis Poker Jail Log
Davis alleged wrongdoing against both Judge Jacqueline Bluth and prosecutor Stacey Kollins. Things kicked-off in the courtroom, and Davis found himself back in jail. This time his bail was bumped from $25,000 to $500,000.
Unable to get together that much cash, he had to settle into life in a cell for a few more months.
In December 2019, he got Craig Mueller back as counsel. Then almost immediately, Davis filed to have him removed. The court said no.
Davis filed to be released from jail because of the coronavirus. The court said no.
He tried to get Mueller disbarred. The court said no again, but this time let Mueller off and threw a new defender into the ring, Adam Gill.
So naturally, Davis filed to defend himself. Getting the usual response from the court — an emphatic no.
A trying trial
After about a year and a half in jail, Davis finally got before a judge with a lawyer on hand to make his case for him.
The case was broadcast in a heavily redacted live stream, which can be viewed below.
Despite having a lawyer on hand, the case still makes for some wonky watching. Davis's hostility to his own defense attorney is palpable through the screen. Judge Bluth makes it very clear that she will not be putting up with Davis going off the rails as with his previous appearances, though this doesn't stop him from kicking up a fuss about the racial make-up of the jury.
Davis turned down multiple plea deals to get before a jury. Within a few hours, he changed his mind.
More witnesses come forward
During opening statements, the prosecution laid out the charges in more detail.
The initial charges were brought by a girl, the primary victim, who was 13 at the time of the alleged crime in July 2014. She came from a low-income family. So she was was vulnerable to alleged offers of money from Davis. Allegedly she was sexually assaulted in return for this money.
The primary victim also alleged that he paid her to bring friends with her, one of who also leveled charges of sexual assault.
During the investigation, several more accusers came forward.
A homeless woman claimed she was offered financial assistance for sexual favors from herself and her 13-year-old companion. Two other accusers aged 14 and 15 claimed they were offered hotel rooms in exchange for sex. A pattern appeared to be forming.
Having heard the prosecution's opening statement, Davis folded. He didn't need to see any further evidence and took the plea deal.
In exchange for his admission of guilt, he was given time served and the charges were dropped to contributing to the misdemeanor delinquency of a minor (the primary victim) and felony coercion of the primary victim's friend.
Coda
Davis came out of court and immediately told the newspapers and Facebook that he was innocent.
The whole thing was a stitch-up in his view. He also indicated that he would be suing at the very least: the judge, the sheriff, and two of the lawyers. All to the tune of around $10 million total.
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He intends to become an activist, for all those others who are 'falsely' accused in the poker community. Someone should put him in touch with Mike Postle and Jeffery Morris.
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