Exclusive: Vegas killer described his unusual habits in 2013 testimony

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Scott Glover and Kyung Lah, CNN
Updated 7:37 AM ET, Mon October 9, 2017

Las Vegas (CNN)He was a nocturnal creature who gambled all night and slept all day.

He took Valium at times for anxiousness, and had the doctor who prescribed it to him on retainer. He wagered up to a million dollars a night, but wandered around glitzy Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants and flip-flops, and carried his own drink into the high rollers' area because he didn't want to tip the waitresses too much.

This was Stephen Paddock as he saw himself four years before he opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers, killing at least 58 people in the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The details are contained in a 97-page court deposition obtained exclusively by CNN. Paddock was deposed October 29, 2013 as part of a civil lawsuit against the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where he slipped and fell on a walkway in 2011.

What otherwise would have been a mundane proceeding offers fresh details about Paddock's life and habits -- for the first time -- from the killer's own mouth. The document has been turned over to the FBI, according to sources.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/us/las-vegas-stephen-paddock-deposition/index.html

[C Moon]

1. "Doctor Robert"

[mainstreetonce]

2. I hear shades of "Walter White"

"I did it because I could"

A man who has to prove that he can use his intelligence and power to do what others try to do,but he can be the best.

[Not Ruth]

3. "wagered up to a million dollars a night,but wandered around glitzy Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants"

mentally ill?

[LittleGirl]

4. I am taking the time

to post a comment to say, I'm sick of this shit.
I don't give a damn about this terrorist or his personal habits.
All I know is that 58 souls are gone because he was a madman and terrorist. It's always men too. Over 500 other lives will struggle with that memory and recovery from their injuries for the rest of their days. I wonder how many will give up the struggle and fall into addiction or depression because of that terrorist's evil.
I really wish the media would forget this guy, stop giving him attention and instead show how much the people lives he took are far more important News.

sorry...like #45, these stories are just getting out of hand.

[rainin]

5. I may ruffle a feather or two

when I say I find these stories very interesting and important. I hope we don't start censoring stories to please a few.

OTOH, when talking about 45, I wish every story came with a reminder that McConnell and Ryan are equally bad for putting party before country. That's my minor frustration with 45 stories. Keep heat on the power who sit back and watch him destroy everything we hold dear. They should come to expect a personal onslaught after every wrong step until they can't personally take it anymore. My two cents.

GO MUELLER!!!

[LittleGirl]

6. no censoring

not at all. And every story of #45 should come with a disclaimer too that he is unamerican and anti-anything that is good for the country or world.

go mueller!

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. In other words, a massive asshole

And because he was rich, it's accepted behavior.