Thursday, June 23, 2011

TOBEY MAGUIRE SUED FOR ILLEGAL POKER WINNINGS

POKER STAR
SPIDERMAN star Tobey Maguire is in web of Hollywood A-lister's who are being sued for their winnings in an illegal, underground high stakes poker game.
According to the suit Maguire won cash from the CEO of Ruderman Capital Partners, Brad Ruderman, who was gambling with company funds and lost $25 million of his investors money in the clandestine games. 
The now disgraced hedge fund manager is said to have to lost $300,000 to Maguire, was sentenced to 10 years in jail in January 2010 for operating a wire fraud and investment adviser fraud scheme.
Now Maguire is being sued by the trustee of those who lost money in the scheme. 
According the FBI, the games took place in a number of luxury hotels suites unlicensed for gambling, and even the home of film producer Rick Salomon, star of the Paris Hilton sex tape.Other A-listers implicated in the no-limit Texas Hold 'Em games, which allegedly had a buy-in of $100,000, include Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, reports RadarOnline.com.
They are not being sued.
Under California law, it's illegal to play for money at underground poker clubs, although none of the participants are under criminal investigation.
A spokesman for the actor declined to comment.

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