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Justice of the Peace William Kephart presides over the case of Las Vegas businessman Cy Waits on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, in Las Vegas Justice Court. Waits wasn’t present during the hearing.
By Dave Toplikar (contact) 
Published Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 | 11:31 a.m.
Updated Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 | 12:54 p.m.
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Las Vegas businessman Cy Waits has apparently worked out a deal to resolve the criminal charges against him stemming from a highly publicized traffic stop last year on the Las Vegas Strip with his ex-girlfriend, Paris Hilton.
That's what his attorney, Richard Schonfeld, told a judge this morning during Waits' court date this morning in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Waits, 35, is facing charges of driving under the influence of marijuana and having marijuana in his possession Aug. 27 during a traffic stop in front of the Wynn Las Vegas.
Waits, who didn't appear in court, was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on the charges this morning before Justice of the Peace William Kephart.
However, Schonfeld told the judge the matter "has been resolved" and said there was some miscommunication and Waits didn't realize he was supposed to be there.
Schonfeld asked that the matter be carried over. Chief Deputy District Attorney L.J. O'Neale told the judge he had no objection and Kephart set the next hearing for 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Outside the courtroom, Schonfeld would not say what kind of a "resolution" has been made in the case. But Waits will be on hand, he said.
"He's going to be here Wednesday," Schonfeld said.
Waits had a relationship for about a year with Hilton, the celebrity heiress and reality TV star.
Police stopped the couple Aug. 27 in a black Cadillac Escalade after an officer reported a "vapor trail" of marijuana smoke wafting from the vehicle as they were on the Las Vegas Strip in front of the Wynn.
Waits, who was driving, failed field sobriety tests given by a motorcycle officer. Hilton told an officer she needed to go inside to use a restroom and an officer saw a bag of cocaine fall out of her handbag. Hilton initially told police the purse and cocaine were not hers, but did claim the rolling papers, $1,300 in cash and several credit cards.
She was banned from two Wynn resorts on the Strip after the arrest. Waits was dismissed from his nightclub job.
Hilton pleaded guilty in September to misdemeanor cocaine possession and obstruction charges. She's serving a year of probation.
Hilton and Waits announced publicly they had split last month.
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I'm not a celebrity nor a "Las Vegas businessman" like these two idiots. So if this were to happen to me, I'd be fined for contempt of court for not showing up and I'd be in jail by now serving 1-3 years. It's called the American Judicial System.
I want to know what if anything goes on in some people's minds sometimes. Lemme see, I'm gonna drive down the strip on a busy night when there's lots of cops around and traffic is at a crawl. I'm going to have pot not only in my posession, but I will also smoke it in the car as I drive and leave a window down so others can smell the smoke. For extra fun, in the event that we get pulled over and searched and given a field sobriety test, my girlfriend will also have a bag of coke in her posession.
For all you that think these people get special deals or treated differently, I invite you to go sit in any Justice court. Your attorney can appear for you, and 99% of cases are given deals.
Why is it that rich guys always get a deal and the little guy gets his rear end pinned to the wall and has an example made of him. I say make an example of this Cy Waits character.
Traffic stop??? Give me a break. This is a drug case. Calling it anything else just shows how far the Sun goes to appease the pseudo-celebrities in this town.
What is a nightclub mogul?
I thought moguls were men of substance and power not some idiot with a cocaine connection.
Hilton was banned from Wynn resorts???? For what?? Being a druggie. If that is the case then a whole lot of people need not go there they should not put a persons criminal activities against going to the property.It will be interesting to see what Waits pleads to and what he gets. My question is yes he was fired but is he also banned from the property.
vc... I think he already has been "pinned to the wall". If you were pulled over for the same offense would it be front page news? He lost a very lucrative contract with Wynn, due to the bad publicity and that happened almost immediately.
I absolutely agree with gohugatree, these "deals" are cut regularly and for good reason. We can't afford locking everyone up for the maximum possible, unless warranted. Perhaps the cynical public would be satisfied with the return of public hangings?
Wynn Resorts are private property and they can ban any "customer" that they see fit to ban. A lot of court cases are given continuances, it's common even at the last second. More to come for CW.
cocaine possession in the state of nevada is a class e feloney.she did recieve a reduced charge to misdemeanor. she could afford a lawyer and not have to use a public defender. money does help these dope heads to get reduced charges. good for wynn to take action on this jerk. wynn is a class act.
they should be put on strict probation. they have plenty of money, the state should make them pay for there own baby sitting fees enough to cover all expenses including daily drug testing. miss a test go to jail pay more fines and so on....... make some money off these people
At least according to the article he went from being a mogul to being a businessman.
I also never understood why he was being referred to as a mogul in previous stories.
I think a mogul is more like a magnate. Wynn's a magnate, not "I got caught smoking dope on The Strip" Waits.