Heslin husband sues over failed lifesaving aid at Javiers ARIA

The husband of actor Mike Heslin has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that staff at Javiers restaurant inside the ARIA Resort and Casino in Las Vegas failed to provide lifesaving care when Heslin collapsed during a June dining outing and later died after a hospital stay, the complaint says. The suit, filed Sept. 18 in Clark County District Court, accuses employees of standing by as bystanders attempted aid, interfering with CPR and failing to retrieve an automated external defibrillator.

According to the complaint, Heslin collapsed on June 25 while dining with friends at Javiers. Friends immediately moved a table to lay him on the floor and called for help, the filing says. Multiple ARIA and Javiers employees approached the scene but did not perform CPR, summon trained responders or secure an on-site AED, the suit alleges. It further states that a woman who began chest compressions was forcefully removed by an employee, and that staff threatened friends with arrest or trespass and demanded deletion of video recordings of the incident.

Heslin, who appeared in television projects including the series Lioness and other productions, was hospitalized and died several days...