Moulin Rouge officer ordered to pay
A judgment of more than $29,000 has been awarded in Las Vegas against a man involved in efforts to rebuild the historic Moulin Rouge casino.
The judgment stemmed from a complaint filed in March by Sonja Mack of San Diego, who was seeking unpaid child support from her ex-husband, Chauncey Moore, chief operating officer of the Moulin Rouge Development Corp.
Mack's complaint, filed in Clark County Family Court, claimed Moore owed her more than $49,000 in child support and interest. It asked that Moore's income be withheld to pay the obligation.
Moore claimed that he had paid Mack all the money he owed her. But according to an order issued last month by Family Court Judge Gloria Sanchez, Moore "has the burden of proving that full or partial payment has been made."
Although Moore has presented circumstantial evidence, according to the order, he "has not satisfied his burden of proof."
Sanchez awarded Mack a $29,603 judgment, plus any interest that has accrued since Oct. 11.
"No part of that judgment is satisfied yet," Las Vegas attorney Peter Dubowsky said last week.
Dubowsky, who represents Mack, declined to say what steps he will take to enforce the judgment.
"I don't expect him to pay voluntarily," the lawyer said.
According to Sanchez's order, Moore may "pursue whatever remedies he may have in California to argue that the court's order is in error."
Attorney Paul Gaudet, who handled the case for Moore in Las Vegas, said a California lawyer is seeking clarification on Moore's behalf from a San Diego judge.
San Diego attorney Noelle Slattery left a voice message Friday at the Review-Journal in which she said, "That case is not resolved." She could not be reached for further comment.
In 1996 in San Diego, according to Mack's complaint, Moore was ordered to pay $560 a month in child support for the pair's two boys, now 17 and 18.
Neither Moore nor Mack could be reached for comment last week. Mack previously said she and Moore divorced in 1997, and she was granted physical custody of their two sons. She said the younger child went to live with his father in October 2006.
In January 2004, Moore stood with other businessmen outside the Moulin Rouge site on Bonanza Road as they announced their plans to buy the property for $12.1 million. The casino was gutted by an arson fire in 2003 and remains closed.
Earlier this month, Republic Urban Properties of Washington, D.C., confirmed that it will enter a joint venture with Moulin Rouge Development to revive the Moulin Rouge, the first racially integrated casino in Las Vegas. The deal calls for $700 million in investment for the project.
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