A Clark County Jail inmate is accused of sexually assaulting a fellow inmate while searching for drugs he believed had been smuggled into the jail.
Navin Phathanasack, 38, made a first appearance Monday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of second-degree rape.
On April 22, the victim reported to jail staff that he had been assaulted by three other inmates over the past two days.
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