Woman stabbed at Las Vegas motel sues property, escort website

A Utah woman who was stabbed by a teenager at the Capri Motel on east Las Vegas Boulevard has sued the motel, alleging it bears responsibility for the attack because it failed to provide adequate information despite repeated criminal activity. The lawsuit, filed by Sandra Joann Clantz, also names Skip the Games, an online platform that lists escort services. Clantz alleges the site failed to protect its users after she met her attacker, Ryan Heider, through the platform, where he claimed to be 22 but was actually 17. According to the complaint, Heider traveled from Michigan to Las Vegas to meet Clantz at the Capri Motel on Fremont Street, where he stabbed her 27 times and left her for dead outside the room. Clantz filed the suit on Monday in District Court and requested a jury trial. She seeks more than $15,000 in damages from the defendants for injuries sustained in the stabbing and for future medical treatment. Clantz contends that Skip the Games shares responsibility for the assault because it did not adequately shield users from potentially dangerous individuals. She also accuses the website of facilitating prostitution and human trafficking. The suit states, “Upon accusation and belief, Skip the Games does not have a screening or verification process to guarantee that minor children only use the site with parental guidance or consent.” Clantz met Heider via the Skip the Games website, as noted in the complaint. Heider, who is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit, was prosecuted as an adult and pleaded guilty to one count of residential burglary and one count of mayhem with use of a deadly weapon—both felonies—in connection with the November 2024 stabbing of Clantz, according to court records. District Judge Bita Yeager sentenced Heider to a prison term of eight to 25 years, crediting him with approximately one year already served. Elsa Kiva, a spokesperson for Skip the Games, said in a statement, “the conduct described in this court filing is horrible.” She added, “I’m very sorry to hear about it. We have strict screening procedures in place of who can sign up for the site to keep minors away,” noting that the company has not yet been served with the lawsuit. Attempts to obtain comment from a representative of the Capri Motel were unsuccessful. When a reporter visited the property on Friday, a front‑desk clerk said he was not authorized to speak for the motel but confirmed that the owner had received a request for comment and that the motel had not yet been served with the suit. Efforts to reach Clantz’s attorneys for comment also went unanswered.