Prominent Las Vegas Attorney Allegedly Conspired to Murder Client

Posted on: February 5, 2025, 11:53h. 

Last updated on: February 5, 2025, 12:07h.

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Graphic details are beginning to emerge on the multiple accusations made against Gary Guymon following an extensive Las Vegas police investigation. The well-known lawyer was arrested earlier this week and now faces numerous charges.

Gary Guymon
Gary Guymon, pictured above in a courtroom. Allegations against the Las Vegas attorney are emerging. (Image: KLAS)

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officers claim Guymon, 62, collaborated to kill a client.

Guymon allegedly reached out to Donald Hinton, a convict, to meet Daniel McLeroy, another convict, to plot to kill the woman, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

The LVMPD said Guymon and McLeroy went to the victim’s apartment to speak to her. McLeroy denied he visited the apartment.

In an interview, McLeroy described the allegations against him in connection with Guymon as being “crazy.”

“I’m an upstanding citizen now,” McLeroy told the Review-Journal. “I have nothing to do with this case.”

Sex Allegations

LVMPD officers also claim Guymon previously pushed the client into prostitution while he was having a sexual relationship with her, and forced women to have sex with him or his associates.

When reached by a Review-Journal reporter on Tuesday, Guymon said he had no comment on the allegations.

During his arrest on Monday, Guymon denied plotting the woman’s murder, but added he “may have had conversations with subjects to go ‘speak with her,’” the Review-Journal reported, citing an arrest report.

Was Woman’s ‘Gorilla Pimp’

A client told police in November that in October, Guymon texted her suggesting he was now her “gorilla pimp,” the Review-Journal reported.

Guymon rented an apartment for the woman and also bought her a Range Rover, police said.

Last month, LVMPD officers overheard a relevant conversation on Guymon’s wiretapped phone.

I am not saying I have anything to do with this, but the only way to stop this girl is to kill her. I’m not saying that’s the solution,” Guymon allegedly said during the phone conversation.

Beyond the initial client, three other women allegedly were encouraged by Guymon to work as prostitutes. Two of the women were represented by Guymon, police claim.

Guymon called the prostitution ring the “$100 club,” police added.

Call me your mother******* pimp,” Guymon texted one woman. “Offer any resistance, and I just might smash your [expletive] teeth out of your mouth,” according to the police report.

Guymon posted a $93K bond to get released from the Clark County Detention Center. His court appearance this week was postponed until March 6. He’s currently charged with three counts each of pandering, and bribing or intimidating a witness to influence testimony, as well as single counts of sex trafficking, perjury, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit murder, and coercion — sexually motivated.

So far, two local justices of the peace — Harmony Letizia and Amy Chelini — asked to not sit on his case because of potential conflicts, according to local news reports. Beyond being a criminal defense attorney, Guymon is a former Clark County prosecutor.

Attorneys representing Guymon have declined to comment on the allegations.