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Cy Ellis Waits
Published Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 | 10:15 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 | 11:20 a.m.
A statement issued this morning by Wynn Las Vegas representatives has made the status of nightclub manager Cy Waits official:
"Cy Waits has been separated from the company and is free to pursue other interests. Wynn has no further comment on this matter."
A co-manager with his 34-year-old twin brother, Jesse, of XS at Encore and Tryst at Wynn Las Vegas, Waits was arrested in a highly publicized incident Friday night outside Wynn Las Vegas and arrested on misdemeanor suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A Metro motorcycle officer stopped a Cadillac Escalade being driven by Waits, his girlfriend Paris Hilton as passenger. The officer reportedly smelled marijuana smoke from the SUV. While detained at the Wynn hotel, Hilton was found to have a small amount of powder cocaine and was arrested on suspicion of felony cocaine possession.
In addition to the .08 grams of cocaine on Hilton, who has said the illegal substance did not belong to her, police found a small "roach" that appeared to be marijuana in the vehicle after Waits failed a field sobriety test at the scene. Read the account of that finding here.
Hilton is expected to return for a court appearance Oct. 27, to face Las Vegas Justice Court Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure. Cy Waits' date to return to court is expected to be in November before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Nancy Oesterle.
Just two days before the arrest, the Waits brothers were entrusted with running XS and Tryst after Wynn parted ways with nightclub operator Victor Drai, who had a long partnership with Wynn and opened both lucrative clubs, which have been managed by the brothers since they opened. Jesse Waits has been back at his post since the arrest of his brother and is still employed by the company.
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Way to burn yourself Cy..great gig in Vegas and you flushed it. Paris is bad news. Trouble follows her. Now you're attached to her
Just assinine behavior....on the Strip!!!???
I guess Cy Waits...for someone else to hire him.
YYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
we all seen this coming! Steve Wynn is a class act and refuses to let anyone hurt his name, people go to club XS because they know if he's involved it's top of the line, Cy you made a big mistake burning that bridge, Steve's a great guy I know him well! If he likes you he'll go to bat for you. no lady is worth loosing your job over!
let alone a skinny coke h****r! I wish you luck. I think in & out burger is looking for a secound shift fry person!
I wonder if the brothers had to pass a drug test before they received their positions with the Wynn organization, or if drug tests are just required for the $10/hr service personnel? Maybe this is a good time for Wynn to do some random testing on ALL its executives, vegans included.
I'm glad Metro got them off the streets. They could have killed someone.
No surprise here. Greed = stupidity and eventual failure.
This is what happens when casinos try to get into a business they know NOTHING about. Wynn, shrewd businessman as he is, made a bad judgment call getting into bed with Victor Drai in the first place (who abadonded ship as of late, leaving Wynn holding the Waits bag). Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas (namely, Drai and his baggage in the form of the Waits twins from the drug-fueled cesspool that is Drai's nightclub).
What do you expect by giving a Gen X kid with zero class, zero ethics and no sense of business the golden keys to run two multi-million dollar clubs? Cy had it all and blew it because he never had a sense of value or ethics - or lost it soon enough when his Gen-X entitlement ego caught up. He and that no-talent tramp Hilton had the world given to them on a silver platter and need more than a slap on the wrist. For these reasons, they belong to each other, but I bet it's over now anyway - or will be in no time. Any club that takes him on now or fronts him cash to do it himself is going to be even more of a moron than Drai. He needs to start over as a door guy again and learn the value of once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.
So much for being a mogul.
@DMCVegas: You got it, DMC,
Next time Mr. cannot wait(s) might not be waiting on a lady, but he might be someone, who is just waiting on a friend...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1yivxiie...
PhilRaoNyc - you are a dope because Steve had a terrible club named LeBete. It wasn't so Top Of The Line. Is was poorly planned by Steve himself and he'll admit that.
"people go to club XS because they know if he's involved it's top of the line."
We all make mistakes. This was just poor timing for CW. He was accused of DUI - not found guilty of anything as of yet.
Don't Wynn do drug tests? The could have weeded this perp out a long time ago. Now he has the beautiful Paris involved.
He wasnt a "mogul" at all. He got the job because of his Uncle Victor. He made other internal mistakes and was walking on the edge anyway. Glad to see him go.
Paris...well she isnt a gambler anyway. She doesnt have much of a purpose. She inherited a fortune not worked for it. Now she has embarassed her family...again.
The policeman that "sniffed" out this major crime should be re-trained. I bet he is a peeping tom in his off time.
What a cheesy pinch this was. The riff raff are crawling in your windows, stealing and robbing and we have a cop that is looking for Marijuana abusers? Puhlease!
No one takes pleasure in seeing someone lose his job, what ever the reason.
Cy, no doubt you will land on your feet although it may be in another state without 14% unemployment. During the interim, suggest you apply for 99 weeks of unemployment checks since its there for you. Good Luck Cy
I think marijuana should be legal.
According to nevadaonline.org, Steve Wynn's father ran "illegal bingo parlors," and that "Maurice Friedman...who had connections with 'Detroit organized crime' loaned money to Wynn to buy his first strip casino..."
So this night club guy may be no more "crime tainted" than who? Mr Wynn?
That's: onlinenevada.org/steve-wynn
Should marijuana be legalized? Sure, but it should never be legal to smoke it in a car or to drive while high.
I hope the Sun checks with Palms, that banned OJ, to see if Paris is 86ed there.
www.onlinenevada.org/steve_wynn
was the cop moonlighting for wynn?
big deal
Drugs and nightclubs go hand-in-hand in Las Vegas and elsewhere. I have personally seen transactions go down between patrons and employees at these establishments. Unfortunately for Cy Waits, he got popped outside of the safety of his club.
Hey Steve, I understand: Love is beautiful but green is necessary.
'Should marijuana be legalized? Sure, but it should never be legal to smoke it in a car or to drive while high.'
That is correct, I never smoke out of the house except for every once in a while if we're going to a show or something, I'll smoke a doobie on the way with my wife driving. (the car is in her name :))
For those of you who think Cy or Jesse was born with a silver spoon, you could not be more wrong. They had a tough upbringing and rose above it. They have worked hard for what they have. Everybody makes bad decisions now and then. I would not throw stones unless you can say you have never made a bad decision yourself. It's just not splashed all over the internet when you do it. Give him a break.
Can you say IRS Audit coming your way.
Thanks for removing my other post. I don't know why, it's the truth.. What no freedom of speech.
Is it wrong to call someone a thief and a crook when its true? I don't want to get my post removed my stated the truth so let me know.