Another warrant ordered for Vegas Dave’s arrest

Las Vegas sports gambling figure Vegas Dave continued to take more bad beats in court on Wednesday.

David Oancea, known to his social media followers as Vegas Dave, was found in contempt of court after the social media influencer once again failed to show up for court proceedings in a protracted civil case in which he owes debtors tens of millions of dollars.

District Judge Joe Hardy ordered the warrant be prepared and attached with it a $1 million bail setting. It is the second warrant the judge has issued for Oancea’s arrest in the case.

Meanwhile, Oancea’s attorneys confirmed they were seeking to withdraw from the case.

The setbacks are just the latest for Oancea, or “Vegas Dave.” He claims more than 9 million Instagram followers and was featured in the Showtime docuseries “Action” about the sports gambling world. But last summer he took a huge loss when he was ordered to pay a more than $30 million judgement to Cabo Platinum, which accused Oancea of sabotaging rental reservations for his properties in Mexico.

He has repeatedly been accused of ignoring or dodging court orders ever since. Oancea was previously held in contempt of court in the civil suit and ordered to turn over his assets or head to jail.

Oancea never showed up in court to surrender, prompting the first warrant. Oancea has at times seemed to be flaunting his lack of compliance: photos were recently posted to his Instagram account that showed an island that is part of Thailand with the tag “Asia is the best” when he was supposed to be in Clark County court.

On Wednesday, Cabo Platinum attorney Dan McNutt requested the $1 million bail setting from the judge for the new warrant, saying it was justified given Oancea’s blatant disregard for the proceedings and his failure to show up for a mandatory judgement debtor examination.

“Given the size of the judgement, given Mr. Oancea’s history of serial contempt — this will now be the sixth charge of contempt in the case — as well as his conduct during the intervening period where he is publicizing his ability to fly private throughout Asia with his family, clearly he has the ability to flee and live and travel internationally,” McNutt said of why the large bail setting was justified.

Oancea’s attorneys also confirmed they are seeking to withdraw as his counsel. One of his attorneys, Alexander LeVeque, declined comment.

Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com.