A luxury Manhattan townhouse once shared by Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott now sits at the center of the NBA gambling investigation.
Federal prosecutors say the six-story Greenwich Village property hosted illegal poker games run by organized crime figures. It’s one of two New York addresses connected to the operation.
The home featured in a 2023 episode of The Kardashians while Jenner was pregnant and living there with Travis Scott and their first child.
Inside the poker ring
Court filings claim high-stakes poker rounds took place at the property throughout 2023.
Prosecutors allege players lost millions while mob-connected hosts used the address to lure wealthy guests.
Neither Kylie Jenner nor Travis Scott faces any accusation of wrongdoing. Their connection is limited to having once lived there.
Agents raided the home in late 2023 after tensions grew between rival organizers. Authorities say the same group ran another Manhattan site tied to the same crime families.
Wider NBA links emerge
The poker case forms part of a broader FBI crackdown on gambling and corruption tied to professional basketball.
In total, prosecutors have charged 34 people. The list includes Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, who allegedly joined poker events organized by criminal networks.
FBI director Kash Patel described the investigation as a “historic takedown” stretching across 11 states.
He said the cases target illegal betting, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Kash Patel Fires Back at Stephen A. Smith
The FBI’s top man isn’t just fighting crime, he’s fighting critics.
Kash Patel hit back at ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith after the host claimed Donald Trump ordered the NBA gambling arrests.
Smith suggested Trump was on a revenge tour against players and teams that protested against him.
Speaking to Laura Ingraham on Fox News, Patel dismissed the theory as “the single dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in modern history.” He said he directed the investigation himself, not the former president.
Patel added that the FBI had spent months tracking suspects through multiple states before making coordinated arrests. He said politics played no role in the crackdown.
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