Mazen Alotaibi appears in Las Vegas Justice Court for a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, January 17, 2013. Alotaibi is charged with burglary, first degree kidnapping, two counts of sexual assault with a minor and sexually motivated coercion.
Thursday, May 9, 2013 | 4:55 p.m.
The trial has been postponed in Nevada for a Saudi Arabia air force sergeant accused of abducting and raping a 13-year-old boy at Circus-Circus in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.
Defense attorney Don Chairez (shar-EHZ') said Thursday that a state judge plans next week to reschedule the trial for Mazen Alotaibi (MAH'-zen ah-loh-TAH'-bee).
Chairez says he needs more time to gather information in the case and told the judge he wasn't ready to start Monday.
Alotaibi remains jailed on $1.72 million bail.
He's charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of a minor under 14, lewdness with a child, coercion and burglary.
Chairez says he doesn't believe the boy's claim that he was forced into a room and raped early Dec. 31 at the Circus-Circus hotel-casino.
