Tobey Maguire Denies Playing in Illegal Poker Games

Bradley Ruderman Tobey Maguire

5:38 pm, June 30th, 2011

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Tobey Maguire has just filed legal papers, claiming he did NOT play in illegal high-stakes poker games.

As you’ll recall, last week the Spider-Man star was named in a lawsuit against a hedge fund manager named Bradley Ruderman, who’s currently in prison for defrauding investors out of more than $50 million in a Ponzi scheme.

Basically, creditors of Ruderman’s now bankrupt company sought to have Maguire pony up the more than $300,000 he took in winnings from the hedge funder in what were termed “illegal” poker games.

But in Maguire’s court filing today, he says the games were not “illegal.” The games were just pals playing poker — and there was NO “house” taking a cut.

Gossip Cop also hears that though Ruderman’s creditors claim Maguire made more than $300,000 off the hedge funder, in actuality the actor wrote checks in losses to him to the tune of around $168,000.

And, an important point to be made, we’re told Maguire denies he tried, in any way, to defraud anyone — and he always paid taxes on his winnings.

Maguire further asked that the suit against him be dismissed.

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