BREAKING: Steve Wynn Resigns From RNC Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations

By Andrea Ruth | 3:32 PM on January 27, 2018

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FILE - This March 15, 2016, file photo, shows casino mogul Steve Wynn at a news conference in Medford, Mass. Wynn Resorts is denying multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault by its founder Steve Wynn, describing it as a smear campaign related to divorce proceedings from his ex-wife. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, that a number of women say they were harassed or assaulted by the casino mogul. Wynn denied the allegations personally in a printed statement. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned from his position in the Republican National Committee as the finance chairman on Saturday.

RNC Chairwoman Ronna ( ) McDaniel said in a statement: “Today I accepted Steve Wynn’s resignation as Republican National Committee Finance Chair.”

Wynn denied the allegations of sexual misconduct on Friday.

In one case, Wynn paid 7.5 million to settle a harassment claim from a manicurist in 2005.

The Wall Street Journal also reported that dozens of people they’d spoken to who have worked at Wynn’s casinos “told of behavior that cumulatively would amount to a decadeslong pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Wynn.”

While we as a society need to be circumspect when these allegations arise, in this case, the RNC and Wynn had little choice in his resigning from a top position in the organization. Wynn’s lifestyle will not be ruined by the resignation and having him in such a spot would have been more trouble than it was worth.