Overview

• Heslin’s spouse, Nicolas Wilson, filed the wrongful-death complaint on Sept. 18 against ARIA Resort & Casino and its Javier’s restaurant in Clark County District Court.
• The filing alleges employees took no timely lifesaving measures, failing to perform CPR or deploy an on-site automated external defibrillator despite an obvious medical emergency.
• According to the complaint, staff prevented a woman from continuing CPR, removed Heslin’s friends, threatened arrest or trespass, and demanded that bystanders delete videos.
• Heslin collapsed at Javier’s on June 25, 2024, was hospitalized, and died on July 2, as previously announced by his spouse as an unexpected cardiac event.
• MGM Resorts, which operates ARIA, has said the claims do not align with the facts and will be addressed through the legal process, and the allegations remain unproven in court.