Tobey
Maguire has decided to settle a lawsuit over his winnings from a
convicted con man during high-stakes Hollywood poker games. The actor
agreed to pay $80,000 to settle the lawsuit filed over more than
$311,000 he was paid by a convicted Ponzi scheme operator in Texas Hold
‘Em matches that included celebrities, businessmen and others. Tobey was
one of 22 people sued this summer for taking Bradley Ruderman to the
cleaners in multiple underground poker games back in 2007 and 2008.
Ruderman was arrested soon after for bilking money from his clients.
Ruderman filed for bankruptcy and the bankruptcy trustees turned around
and sued Maguire, Nick Cassavetes, Gabe Kaplan and others, trying to
recoup Ruderman’s gambling losses in an effort to pay his victims back.
Ruderman is currently serving a 10 year federal prison sentence after
pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud, two counts of investment
adviser fraud and willful failure to file taxes.
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