According to police, Vaughn Griffith, Dominic Kim and at least two other eighth graders mercilessly bullied an anonymous classmate on the trip in April 2025. They allegedly stripped the victim naked and threw his clothes on the balcony at Hotel Manuel Antonio. Two days later, the boys pinned him down and pulled his pants and underwear down on a bed and sexually assaulted him, with charging documents stating they threatened to cut off the victim's penis if he resisted. The victim told police he had been bullied by the group in the past and did not consent. He was then allegedly sexually assaulted with a flute, a Chapstick tube and toothpaste as he cried and screamed in pain and his attackers laughed.
Dominic Kim is accused of showing a graphic video of the gang rape to other children at an event at the Meadows School, attorneys said. He allegedly threatened to kill the students he showed the video to if they told anyone, according to a civil suit. Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Stacy Kollins told a judge that Dominic Kim continued to torture the victim with the videos well after the incident. Griffith's indictment detailed the graphic and violent sexual assault as seen in a video he allegedly posted on Snapchat and saved in his Memories section.
Defense Attorney Josh Tomsheck argued against charging Dominic Kim as an adult in court on Friday. Vaughn Griffith, 15, was also certified as an adult in January in connection with the incident and was charged with possessing a visual presentation depicting the sexual conduct of a child, a category B felony punishable by one to six years in prison. Officials said the teens cannot be charged in the US for any sexual assault allegations because the alleged incident occurred out of the country.