Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake
January 26, 2018
(Reuters) – Wynn Resorts Ltd <WYNN.O> Chief Executive Steve Wynn said on Friday that accusations of sexual misconduct made against him that were reported by the Wall Street Journal were “preposterous.”
“The idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous,” Steve Wynn said in a statement emailed to Reuters.
Wynn Resorts shares were down about 8.5 percent to $183.56 in afternoon trade.
(Reporting by Pranav Kiran in Bengaluru)