Judge set to sign injunction freezing $6 million of Jamie Gold's $12 million winnings
The legal wrangle over the $12 million first prize won by Jamie Gold at the World Series of Poker Main Event has stepped up a notch with an agreement reached to freeze only half of the loot.
Lawyers for Gold and Bruce Crispin Leyser agreed to a court injunction freezing $6 million, in a dispute about a deal to split the winnings.
U.S. District Court Judge Roger L. Hunt was expected to sign the order soon, said Richard Schonfeld, the lawyer for plaintiff a Los Angeles-based TV development executive, Leyser.
The injunction would prevent the money from leaving the poker tournament’s host, the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, until the case concluded. Gold’s lawyers now have until 15 September to challenge the injunction.
Leyser alleges that Gold, a former Hollywood talent agent, agreed to split his winnings in exchange for Leyser helping him find celebrities to play in the main event for Internet gambling site Bodog.com.
Bodog paid the $10,000 entry fee for Gold, who beat 8,772 players to win the world’s largest poker tournament.
Leyser alleges he fulfilled his end of the deal – getting Scooby Doo star Matthew Lillard and Punk’d comedian Dax Shepard to wear Bodog.com livery – but claimed Gold has refused to hand over $6 million.
Gold’s lawyers have yet to comment.
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