- A nonprofit that pays bail for arrested individuals has shut down its Las Vegas chapter after freeing a man who went on to nearly kill a waiter
- The Bail Project paid a $3,000 bail for Rawshawn Gaston-Anderson, 24 in December 2021 after he was arrested for burglary and theft
- Six days later, the man opened fire on an Asian waiter, shooting him seven times
- Gaston-Anderson pleaded guilty and will serve seven to 18 years in prison
- The Bail Project is backed by Richard Branson, Danny Glover, and John Legend
A celebrity-backed woke bail fund has shuttered after being sued for freeing a serial criminal who tried to murder an Asian waiter just six days later.
The Bail Project – whose backers include Richard Branson, Danny Glover and John Legend – announced it was disbanding its Las Vegas chapter earlier this month over the case of Rashawn Gaston-Anderson, 24.
He was arrested in November 2021 for burglary and theft but was released by The Bail Project after they paid his $3,000 bail.
Less than one week after he was released, Gaston-Anderson went into a restaurant and opened fire on an Asian waiter named Chengyan Wang, shooting him 11 times and almost killing him.
Wang survived, and is now suing The Bail Project over the incident.
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