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Vegas tycoon Steve Wynn quits resorts firm over harassment claims

Published February 7, 2018 Updated February 7, 2018 05:03am

"In the last couple of weeks, I have found myself the focus of an avalanche of negative publicity," Wynn said in a statement.

"As I have reflected upon the environment this has created -- one in which a rush to judgment takes precedence over everything else, including the facts -- I have reached the conclusion I cannot continue to be effective in my current roles."

The 76-year-old former business rival turned political ally of President Donald Trump resigned late last month from his role as Republican National Committee finance chairman, a post he had assumed after Trump took office in January 2017.

Wynn has denied the allegations, first published in The Wall Street Journal, and accused his ex-wife Elaine of instigating the accusations as part of a "terrible and nasty lawsuit" seeking a revised divorce settlement.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018