Tobey Maguire faces lawsuit after winning huge sums in 'illegal poker games'



Spider-Man star 'made up to $40m at games over three years' claims one source

Maguire 'played like a broke person' claims card shark involved in lawsuit

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon alleged to have taken part in events

Gambling venues 'manned by armed guards'

Sister of Olympic skier alleged to be sexy go-to-girl who organised gambling events

Tobey Maguire is facing a lawsuit after allegedly being involved in an illegal gambling ring.



The Spider-Man actor is claimed to be one of dozens of Hollywood actors who took part in the high-stakes poker games, Star magazine reported.

The games allegedly took place in a number of luxury hotels suites unlicenced for gambling, and even the home of film producer Rick Salomon, star of the Paris Hilton sex tape.



Maguire, 35, is said to have won more than $300,000 from a convicted Beverly Hills hedge fund manager over a number of years.

The $25m-a-film actor performed more like Superman than Spider-Man as he allegedly raked in an astonishing $40m in total from the illicit gambling ring.



Facing lawsuit? It has been claimed that actor Tobey Maguire will be facing a suit, who was seen here at LA Airport last month

Other A-list Hollywood celebrities are also said to have played the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em games, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

The magazine claimed that the poker games were held twice a week in luxury suites at a hotel in Beverly Hills.

Star reported that the player in debt to Maguire was CEO of Ruderman Capital Partners, Brad Ruderman, who was using company funds.



He is behind bars after being convicted of two counts of wire fraud and two counts of investment advisor fraud and will stay in a Texas jail until 2018.



The FBI allege that he lost $25million of investor money in the clandestine poker games.

Other A-list Hollywood celebrities alleged to have played the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em games include Ben Affleck, left, and Leonard DiCaprio



The CEO’s clients have hired lawyers to file civil law suits against those who won large sums in the poker games, such as Maguire, to try and recover some of their lost savings.

The lawsuit filed against Maguire in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles said the games were ‘exclusive events, by invitation only, and that there was a regular roster of players consisting of wealthy celebrities, entrepreneurs, attorneys and businessmen.

Others being sued include film director Nick Cassavetes, Welcome Back Kotter TV star Gabe Kaplan, billionaire businessman Alec Gores and Salomon.

‘As part of the scheme, funds invested in (Ruderman) were transferred to persons such as Defendant (Maguire), who received the funds on account of Ruderman’s gambling losses and on account of Defendant’s gambling winnings,’ Radar Online reported from court documents.

Mr Ruderman is said to have lost £311,300 to Maguire and it is claimed part of that amount was lost to the actor on July 30, 2007 of the amount of $110,000.

Maguire is said to have won more than $300,000 from a convicted Beverly Hills hedge fund manager Brad Ruderman, right, at poker events, some of which allegedly took place at a property owned by Rick Salomon, left, who starred in a sex tape with Paris Hilton



This is a $69,200 cheque allegedly received by Tobey Maguire during an illegal high stakes poker game in 2007. Ruderman is said to have written the cheque to Maguire after losing out to him in a game

Star magazine quotes a source as claiming that Maguire won approximately $1million per month over a three-year period and so could have pocketed 'up to $30 to $40 million'.

Playing for money at underground poker clubs is illegal under Californian law, but Star reported that none of the participants are under criminal investigation.

But it is understood that the 35-year-old Seabiscuit star has hired a lawyer to defend the allegations made against him, claiming the games were not illegal.

Dan Blizerian, one of the Hollywood poker sharks being sued in connection with the illegal gambling ring has blasted Macguire, claiming he is tight-fisted.



'He's cheap as f*** and plays like a cheap b****... a guy who's worth all that money playing as if he's broke. Come on, dude,' Blizerian, who is facing a $100,00 lawsuit, told Star..



Claims: The 35-year-old is said to have won over $300,000 from a Beverly Hills hedge fund manage

TMZ claims that some of the games took place at a property purchased by Salomon with the proceeds from his sex tape with Paris Hilton

Meanwhile, RadarOnline claims to have unmasked the woman who organised the gambling events, at hotels including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Four Seasons and the Viper Room on Sunset Boulevard.

Molly Bloom, the sibling of two-time Olympic skier and Philadelphia Eagles player Jeremy Bloom, was claimed to be the sexy go-to-girl who co-ordinated the sophisticated operation.

In character: Tobey Maguire in costume on set of Spider-Man 3 in 2007

She is described as having model good looks and friends in high places.

Star Magazine claims she was behind everything from employing the croupiers, providing food and drink, down to the guest list.



It is also alleged that some of the games involving the high-profile stars were manned by armed guards in bulletproof vests.









