He was a playboy who had it all. But in the end his thirst for excess left him dead. SEX AND LIES IN SIN CITY is a captivating drama that immerses the viewer in the mysterious real-life case of... He was a playboy who had it all. But in the end his thirst for excess left him dead. SEX AND LIES IN SIN CITY is a captivating drama that immerses the viewer in the mysterious real-life case of Las Vegas casino magnate Ted Binion (Matthew Modine FLUKE). While a disgraced Binion becomes increasingly more involved with a local stripper named Sandy Murphy (Mena Suvari AMERICAN BEAUTY) his affair with drugs and decadence also intensifies. The gambling man’s death is originally deemed an overdose but soon spirals into a homicide investigation at the insistence of Binion’s sister Becky (Marcia Gay Harden MILLER’S CROSSING).