Ex-NBA Star Gilbert Arenas Arrested After Allegedly Running Illegal Gambling Business

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 accumulate lease.

They say 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 house owners, prosecutors wrote in court paperwork, profited off all of it by taking a rake from every pot.

Arenas and the 5 different defendants have been hit with two prices — one depend of conspiracy to function an unlawful playing enterprise and one depend of working an unlawful playing enterprise. If convicted on each prices, prosecutors say they’re dealing with as much as 5 years in prison “for each count.”

Arenas was additionally moreover charged with one depend of creating false statements to federal investigators.

The 43-year-old is predicted to look in court later Wednesday to face the fees.