Woman Stabbed at Las Vegas Motel Sues Property and Escort Site

A Utah woman who survived a near‑fatal stabbing at the Capri Motel in Las Vegas is suing both the East Fremont Street property and the escort listing website that facilitated the meeting with her attacker.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sandra Joann Clantz filed her civil suit in Nevada District Court last week, claiming the Capri Motel failed to provide basic security despite a history of criminal activity on the property.

The complaint argues that the motel’s negligence “allowed repeated criminal activities to continue,” ultimately enabling the violence.

Clantz is also suing Skip the Games, a website that advertises itself as “the world’s largest listing of independent escorts, agency escorts and other adult service providers,” for failing to protect users from dangerous individuals and for facilitating prostitution and sex trafficking.

According to the lawsuit, Skip the Games was used by Ryan Heider to contact Clantz in November 2024. Clantz claimed he traveled from Michigan specifically to meet her at the Capri Motel, where he stabbed her 27 times and left her outside the room, believing she would die.

Attacker Was a Teenager

The suit also accuses Skip the Games of lacking “a screening or verification process to ensure that minor children only use the site with parental guidance or consent.” Heider was 17 years old at the time but claimed to be 22.

Heider, who is not named in the civil lawsuit, was tried for the attack as an adult in October 2025 and pleaded guilty to the felonies of mayhem with a deadly weapon and residential burglary. He is serving eight to 25 years.

Clantz seeks a jury trial and more than $15,000 in damages from both defendants — a standard Nevada minimum that leaves room to pursue substantially higher amounts later.

Speaking to the R-J, Skip the Games spokesperson Elsa Kiva called the incident “horrible” and said the company has “strict screening procedures” intended to keep minors off the platform. She added that the company has not yet been served with the lawsuit.

The newspaper’s attempts to contact the operator of the Capri Motel were unsuccessful.