Posted on 10/09/2017 11:45:19 AM PDT by Drew68
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.
Paddock's testimony offers little insight into what could have prompted last week's attack. He said that he had no mental health issues, no history of addiction and no criminal record.
He said he was prescribed Valium "for anxiousness" by Nevada internist Steven P. Winkler. It was unclear how often he took the drug, but he estimated that he had 10 or 15 pills remaining in a bottle of 60 that were prescribed a year and a half earlier.
Rage, aggressiveness and irritability are among the possible side effects of taking diazepam -- better known as Valium, according to a manufacturer of the drug. It is not known when Paddock last took the drug.
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Casinos are businesses, and they are not above running off people who win consistently over time. At the very least, he would not be getting comps if he was winning significant amounts on an ongoing basis.
If he was breaking even, or losing a small amount on average over time, he might be tolerated on a cash flow or “the house will win in the end” basis.
It’s one of the most prescribed drugs in the world and - at one time - was probably one of the most shared drugs in the world.
My grandmother had a prescription in the 80s, and I’d bet six or seven family members went to her at various times “for a valium” if they were having trouble sleeping or were going through a personal crisis or something similar.
I don’t know what the current numbers are on the drug.
Rarely is truth the first thing that comes out of an addicts mouth.
ok. The guys brain. He was a gambling addict. He was a violent, controlling, sadistic sex addict (per ho who said he paid 6k for violent sex). He loved guns. He got pleasure from gambling and causing pain.
This guy’s brain was FRIED. Somebody influenced this guy to do what he did. If he got away with it, HOW MUCH WAS HE GOING TO GET PAID? and who was going to pay him? The attack had no precursor. He had not done anything like this before, so who got him to take this major leap?
Title: Addictive drugs and gambling rewire neural circuits in similar ways
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-gets-addicted-to-gambling/
Title: Understanding Psychopathic and Sadistic Minds
http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/14/understanding-the-psychopathic-mind/
Title: The Neurobiology of BDSM Sexual Practice
Title: Brain activity in sex addiction mirrors that of drug addiction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140711153327.htm
You can play 21 on the machines too. Just saying.
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