Stupak appearance on battery charge delayed until next month

Friday, Dec. 18, 1998 | 2:34 a.m.

The Las Vegas gambling figure was scheduled to appear in Municipal Court Thursday on a misdemeanor battery charge.

But the arraignment was rescheduled for Jan. 25 after Chief Criminal Deputy City Attorney Bernard Little said the city was unable to issue a summons to Stupak to appear Thursday.

Stupak's former bodyguard, Ralph Owens, claims Stupak assaulted him Oct. 25 in the lounge of the Thunderbird Hotel. Stupak owns the hotel.

Owens filed a complaint with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, and the case was then submitted to the city attorney's office for prosecution.

Stupak, a longtime Las Vegas gambling figure, founded the Stratosphere Tower, Hotel and Casino.

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