Man sues Las Vegas hotel, claims scorpion sting to ‘private area’ ruined sex life

Published Sep 02, 2024  •  2 minute read

Scorpion on floor. Getty Images

A Las Vegas hotel guest is suing after a scorpion allegedly found its way into his bed and stung him on his testicles.

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According to Michael Farchi, 62, of Agora Hills, Calif., he was staying at the Venetian Resort at the end of last year when the arachnid crawled into his bed and stung him in his privates.

The man has since filed a lawsuit, claiming he was left with post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional trauma, and a nonexistent sex life, according to KLAS.

“I can also indicate, as you saw in the complaint, we’re also making a claim for loss of consortium for Mr. Farchi’s wife,” said his lawyer, Brian Virag, alluding to the lack of intimacy between the couple since the alleged incident.

Farchi is seeking a jury trial to decide whether the hotel should compensate him for damages, pain, suffering, mental distress and loss of enjoyment of life, among other things, the outlet reported.

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The Venetian Resort Las Vegas told 8newsnow.com: “The resort has protocols for all incidents, and we can confirm they were followed in this incident.”

Farchi allegedly awoke to excruciating pain in his groin while staying at the hotel on Dec. 26, 2023.

“I just felt like somebody stabbing me in my private area,” Farchi told the outlet. “It was like sharp glass or a knife.”

When he went to check it out, he discovered an orange scorpion “hanging on my underwear.”

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Farchi shared photos with KLAS of the scorpion on his clothing, as well as a medical incident report he filed at the hotel that showed his suite number. Farchi wrote in the report that he was “bitten by scorpion on my groin/testicles.”

But he accused hotel employees of mocking him.

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“(They were) just holding their groin area and laughing about it,” he said in an interview. “It was really embarrassing.”

Farchi was treated at Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas and UCLA Medical Center in California, where doctors confirmed his physical injuries and noted he was suffering from erectile dysfunction after the sting, the station reported.

“Many effects on my family, my work, everything,” Farchi added.

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The alleged victim previously told the outlet that he didn’t know how the scorpion got into his room, only that it was under the covers.

In the lawsuit, filed on Aug. 27, Farchi said the luxury resort and casino was already aware of an “infestation of poisonous, deadly scorpions.”

The suit noted that the hotel “owed a duty of care to Plaintiffs to provide a clean, safe, and sanitary room… that was free of vermin, bed bugs, or similar things, including scorpions.”

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