Tobey Maguire Being Sued for Winnings from Illegal Poker Matches
The friendly neighborhood Spider Man, Tobey Maguire, is in legal waters right now. Who’d-a-thunk?! Well, according to reports, he didn’t know that he was engaging in any criminal activities and is willing to settle the case financially. Tobey has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit that involved a shady Ponzi scheme operator that paid him over $311,000 in winnings from Texas Hold ‘Em matches. There were other celebrities, businessmen and other people that were participated in these games as well (who all claim to not have known about the scheme). Only 14 of the 22 people (including Ben Affleck, Leo Decaprio and Matt Damon) that have been sued by Howard Ehrenberg, the bankruptcy trustee, have settled their cases. Ehrenberg filed the lawsuit in March on behalf of the investors of the scheme.
Tobey Maguire will know some time next month whether the judge approves of his settlement. In his settlement, he states that he “disputes that he violated any laws, rules or regulations in regard to participating in the poker games” and that the only reason he was settling was to avoid the high costs of fighting the case. The trustee alleges that Maguire and the others being sued has no right to keem the winnings that were derived from unlicensed poker games, which took place at upscale hotels and even private homes. The Ponzi schemer, former hedge fund operator, Bradly Ruderman, is facing 10 years in jail. He pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, willful failure to file taxes and two counts of investment adviser fraud.
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