Ex-NBA Star Gilbert Arenas Arrested After Allegedly Working Unlawful Playing Enterprise

Former NBA celebrity Gilbert Arenas was arrested in Southern California on Wednesday after authorities say he ran an unlawful playing enterprise.

Federal prosecutors declare the ex-Washington Wizards guard, together with 5 others, rented out his Encino mansion to carry high-stakes card video games from September 2021 to July 2022.

The feds allege Arenas employed a 51-year-old to assist him stage the place for video games and gather lease.

They are saying Arenas’ companions within the biz employed girls to serve the gamblers on the residence — and added a workers of cooks, valets and safety guards to make the video games extra attractive.

The alleged enterprise homeowners, prosecutors wrote in courtroom paperwork, profited off all of it by taking a rake from every pot.

Arenas and the 5 different defendants have been hit with two fees — one rely of conspiracy to function an unlawful playing enterprise and one rely of working an unlawful playing enterprise. If convicted on each fees, prosecutors say they’re going through as much as 5 years in jail “for every rely.”

Arenas was additionally moreover charged with one rely of constructing false statements to federal investigators.

The 43-year-old is anticipated to look in courtroom later Wednesday to face the fees.