Nevada gaming regulators have pushed back against disgraced casino icon Steve Wynn’s claim that they have no power to punish him.

Earlier this month, Steve Wynn’s attorneys declared that the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) had no power to impose any financial penalty on him or revoke his gaming license based on his alleged sexual harassment of female staff at the company he founded, Wynn Resorts.

Steve was forced to resign from Wynn Resorts in February 2018 and subsequently sold off his holdings in the company, leading his attorneys to conclude that Nevada regulators have no more authority over his actions. But the GCB pushed back hard on that view on Wednesday, rejecting Steve’s motion to dismiss the complaint the regulator filed against him in October.

The GCB stated that Steve’s disengagement from his former company didn’t rob the regulator of its “full and absolute power” to recommend that the state Gaming Commission impose sanctions on Steve for casting the state’s gaming sector in a negative light.