Overview

• Michael Heslin’s spouse, Nicolas Wilson, filed the complaint on Sept. 18 in Clark County District Court against ARIA Resort & Casino and its Javier’s restaurant.
• The suit describes Heslin’s June 25, 2024 collapse and alleges workers failed to render aid, including stopping a woman who began chest compressions.
• The complaint states an available automated external defibrillator was never retrieved and no emergency response protocol was initiated.
• According to the filing, friends were removed from the scene, threatened with arrest or trespass, and told to delete videos of the incident.
• Heslin died on July 2, 2024; the suit seeks damages including punitive relief, and MGM Resorts, which operates ARIA, did not immediately comment.