A family friend of the man who shot and killed 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in American history has revealed details of the strained relationship between him and his girlfriend – as well as his liking of casino-sponsored prostitutes.
Australian businessman Adam Le Fevre was in a relationship with the sister of Marilou Danley – the partner of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock, who killed 59 people and wounded hundreds more in a massacre on Sunday.
Mr Le Fevre told A Current Affair he went to Las Vegas with Paddock, 64, two years ago and had travelled to the Philippines with him twice, first in 2013.
He said Paddock was ‘condescending’ towards Ms Danley, 62, making her ‘nervous and jittery’, while also making the most of prostitutes offered to him by casinos.
Adam Le Fevre has described Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock as obsessed with guns and a strong defender of the right to bear arms
Mr Le Fevre was in a relationship with the sister of Marilou Danley – the partner of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock (both pictured)
Referring to offers of free prostitutes offered to Paddock by casinos in Las Vegas, Mr Le Fevre said: ‘I did have no questions that some of those offers had been accepted, yes’
Referring to offers of free prostitutes offered to Paddock by casinos in Las Vegas, Mr Le Fevre said: ‘I did have no questions that some of those offers had been accepted, yes’.
He said the relationship between the shooter and his partner was ‘not loving’ or ‘caring’.
‘I experienced Steve talking to Marilou in an abrupt manner at times. Marilou… seemed very nervous and jittery around Steve, he would talk in a condescending way at times.’
Mr Le Fervre said he was confident Ms Danley had no knowledge of the planned attack.
Mr Le Fevre said Paddock had a room full of guns in his home at Mesquite, Nevada (pictured)
Paddock killed 59 people and injured hundreds more in a shooting from a Mandalay Bay hotel room
‘I think I know Marilou and the family well enough… and all of them a very loving family, and I believe if Marilou had the slightest inkling that something wasn’t right, that she would’ve attempted to intervene and shared that with her family.’
Mr Le Fevre also revealed a photo of the pair taken via a drone, showing the pair in the backyard of Paddock’s Nevada property.
‘It is a very chilling thought to know that the person that is at the centre of the world’s largest story at the moment was somebody that I knew, somebody that I was welcomed into their home, into their family, into their life.’
Mr Le Fevre said Paddock had a room full of guns in his home at Mesquite and was a stringent defender of the second amendment to the United States constitution.
The hotel room (pictured) was full of guns and ammunition when entered by authorities
‘He was very strict and very firm on the fact that it’s a right. It’s the freedom of every American to participate, to own a gun and use it… when need be.’
He said Paddock claimed he earned up to $300,000 a year gambling at Las Vegas casinos.
The pair stayed in ‘out-of-this-world penthouse suites like you wouldn’t believe’ because Paddock was a ‘high roller’.
The girlfriend of Las Vegas mass murderer Stephen Paddock told the FBI he had developed ‘mental health symptoms’ and would scream at night, it has emerged.
He told 9News went to Las Vegas with Paddock (pictured) two years ago and had travelled to the Philippines with him twice
Marilou Danley, 62, said Paddock, 64, ‘would lie in bed, just moaning and screaming, “Oh my God,”‘ according to an ex-FBI official briefed on the situation.
Investigators – who interviewed Danley after she arrived back in the US from the Philippines on Tuesday night – believe that he may have been in ‘mental or physical anguish,’ that official and another ex-FBI source told NBC News.
However, they said that detectives are still no closer to determining Paddock’s motive for the deranged shooting spree that saw him killing 59 people, including himself, and injuring 489 others.